Hackers targeting servers running Apache Struts applications, researchers say
Chinese hackers are using an automated tool to exploit known vulnerabilities in Apache Struts, in order to install backdoors on servers hosting applications developed with the framework.
View ArticleNginx Web server goes commercial with new release
Nginx is releasing a commercial edition of its namesake open source Web server software, called Nginx Plus, which it will market as a software alternative to application delivery controllers (ADCs).
View ArticleApplication-layer DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated
The number of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that target weak spots in Web applications in addition to network services has risen during the past year and attackers are using increasingly...
View ArticleMozilla advises webmasters to implement X-Frame-Options security header
In light of overall low adoption of HTTP security headers, Mozilla is advising webmasters to at least implement X-Frame-Options on their sites, arguing that this header can prevent several types of...
View ArticleNetcraft: Microsoft closes in on Apache Web server lead
After almost two decades of trailing the market leader, Microsoft's Web server software is coming close to rivaling the dominance of the Apache Web server, according to the latest Netcraft survey of...
View ArticleGoogle offers to accelerate Web servers with new software
Web server administrators who wish to trim bandwidth costs and hasten the delivery of their Web pages should take a look at a newly updated free module from Google designed to automate a number of...
View ArticleGoogle pays $75K in bug bounties to fix 159 Chrome flaws
Google yesterday released Chrome 38, paying out more than $75,000 in bounties for some of the 159 vulnerabilities patched in the massive security update.
View ArticleAs Firefox turns 10, Mozilla trumpets privacy
Mozilla today pulled out the PR stops to trumpet the 10th anniversary of Firefox, and in celebration released an interim build of Firefox 33 that includes a new privacy tool and access to the...
View ArticleGoogle delays demise of old-style Chrome plug-ins
Google on Monday gave traditional Google plug-ins a stay of execution and instead outlined a three-step plan that will finalize their demise in 10 months.
View ArticleMicrosoft nixes EU browser ballot screen
Microsoft has pulled the plug on the browser ballot screen it was forced to display in the aftermath of a threat by the European Union's antitrust agency five years ago.
View ArticleGoogle wants to turn browser signals of Web encryption upside down
Chrome security engineers have proposed that all websites that don't encrypt traffic be marked as insecure by browsers.
View ArticleMozilla: We're not asking for donations because we're poor
Mozilla last week denied that there was a connection between flat search revenue in 2013 and recent fundraising efforts that have asked Firefox users to donate to the nonprofit.
View ArticleDeparting Firefox chief takes shots at doomsayers
Mozilla's head of Firefox took shots at doomsayers this week, calling those who wonder whether the iconic browser long ago peaked "dead wrong."
View ArticleMozilla previews 64-bit Firefox for Windows, tentatively slates stable...
Mozilla on Monday announced its first developer preview of a 64-bit Windows version of Firefox.
View ArticleGoogle to pull Chrome plug on Windows XP at year's end
Google on Thursday announced it will shut down support for Chrome on Windows XP at the end of the year.
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