Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. The Department of Homeland Security has warned federal agencies ...

Even the most trustworthy-looking website could trick you into giving up personal details through cross-site scripting. Here’s what you need to know about XSS attacks. It’s easy to become convinced of ...

Illustration by Mark Todd In May, Web security consultant George Deglin discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit that involved Facebook’s controversial Instant Personalization feature. The ...

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities (XSS) have vexed cybersecurity professionals for 30 years. Following a CISA and FBI alert, experts say unless these flaws are fixed soon, AI models may ingest and ...

Over 10,000 Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) instances exposed online are vulnerable to ongoing attacks exploiting a cross-site scripting (XSS) security flaw, according to nonprofit security ...

In cyber security, attention is concentrated on the new -- zero-day exploits, for example, are big news and big business. But old threats can still cause big problems for organizations, even when the ...

Microsoft, already under scrutiny for its cloud security practices, recently patched as many as eight severe vulnerabilities in various Apache services in Azure HDInsight — the software giant's ...

In 2011, a group of hackers known as Lulzsec went on a two month rampage hacking into dozens of websites including those owned by FOX, PBS, the FBI, Sony and many others. The group was eventually ...

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Yahoo Mail that affects more than 300 million email accounts globally was patched earlier this month, bagging a $10,000 bug bounty for the ...

A security feature that's included with the Microsoft Edge browser appears to have stopped working, according to Gareth Heyes, a security researcher with cyber-security firm PortSwigger. The security ...