Researchers detail JS#SMUGGLER, a multi-stage web attack using JavaScript, HTA, and PowerShell to deploy NetSupport RAT on ...

Who needs JavaScript? Security researcher Lyra Rebane has devised a novel clickjacking attack that relies on Scalable Vector ...

Researchers have devised a new attack that can bypass one of the main exploit mitigations in browsers: address space layout randomization (ASLR). The attack takes advantage of how modern processors ...

Security firm Trend Micro has discovered an attack on home routers that involves malicious JavaScript, a mobile website, and a mobile device such as a smartphone. This attack has been taking place ...

Five researchers from the Vrije University in the Netherlands have put together an attack that can be carried out via JavaScript code and break ASLR protection on at least 22 processor ...

A technique for sending requests to devices on an internal network could be used by online attackers to compromise home and small-business routers, according to two researchers who plan to demonstrate ...

A new malvertising attack observed in the wild relies on a less used technique to hide the malicious payload. The authors turned to polyglot images to add the JavaScript code that redirects to a page ...

CloudFlare reports a massive JavaScript-based DDoS attack against one its customers, likely carried out by unsuspecting mobile browsers served a malicious ad. Two years ago at the Black Hat conference ...

Hackers are using the jQuery JavaScript library to inject malicious code into millions of Wordpress and Joomla Web domains, researchers say. According to cybersecurity firm Avast, fake jQuery ...

The new Rowhammer exploit doesn't just target hardware -- it uses Javascript to do it, and can run within a web browser. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

For a decade, every major operating system has relied on a technique known as address space layout randomization to provide a first line of defense against malware attacks. By randomizing the computer ...

Researchers have devised a new attack that can bypass one of the main exploit mitigations in browsers: Address space layout randomization (ASLR). The attack takes advantage of how modern processors ...