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A new wave of Locky malware emails have been making the rounds since yesterday — July 20, 2016 — with a critical new development, whereby the Windows executable is now embedded in JavaScript. Essentially, the attached JavaScript file has evolved from being a downloader component into becoming the actual ransomware. These JavaScript variants were detected […]
Short Bytes: To make the app creation process in JavaScript much easier, Facebook has launched a new tool called Create React App. This open source tool helps one avoid the tussle of configuring the JavaScript environment and eliminates dependencies. So, if you are into writing JavaScript-based apps, this tool could be of great use to […]
The java-based cross-platform Adwind RAT not only steals data but also turns the infected device into a botnet! Cyber criminals always develop malware filled with unbelievable features but hardly ever you will find something that targets different operating systems simultaneously. Now, researchers have discovered a malware based on Java infecting companies in Denmark but it’s only a matter […]
Short Bytes: The new version of JavaScript language has arrived as the ECMA International has approved ECMAScript 2016 specifications. Calling this release a work in progress, the ECMA International has said that ECMAScript 2016 will serve as a base for 2017 release. The ECMA International has approved ECMAScript 2016 — the latest version of the official JavaScript […]
A new ransomware was discovered by security researchers@JAMES_MHT and @benkow_ called RAA that is made 100% from JavaScript. In the past we had seen a ransomware called Ransom32 that was created using NodeJS and packaged inside an executable. RAA is different, because it is is not delivered via an executable, but rather is a standard JS file. By default, […]
Copy-pasting commands into your terminal allows attackers to append, automatically execute and then hide malicious code. This type of attack is known as clipboard hijacking, and in most scenarios, it is useless, except when the user copies something inside their terminal. Security researcher Dylan Ayrey published last week a new version of this attack, which […]
Short Bytes: There are few programming languages that are hated by many. But, a crazy person took his hate to the next level and submitted a petition in the “We the People” section of the White House website to kill JavaScript, Java, and Ruby programming languages. According to a petition that sought your signatures, there are some […]
Short Bytes: To ensure an improvement performance experience for its 3.5 million users, Node.js Foundation has released Node.js Version 6 with Long Term Support. This release supports 93 percent of the ECMAScript 6 standard and uses Google’s V8 version 5.0 for the JS engine. Node.js, the JavaScript runtime, has hit version 6. The new Node.js […]
Short Bytes: Very often we talk about the most popular and most loved programming languages, but we skip the discussion dealing with the most complex programming languages. Here’s an infographic that outlines the complexities in JavaScript and other modern programming languages. Everybody dislikes complex code as it’s hard to understand and maintain. You can make your […]
Short Bytes: If you are looking for a Python to JavaScript converter, JavaScripthon is worth checking out. JavaScripthon completes the conversion process without any full python-in-js environment. Read more to know everything about the project. So many, Python and JavaScript seem like similar languages — object oriented, functional hybrid, dynamically typed and a rich library. […]
Short Bytes: The results of Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 is out. Based on the response of 56,033 developers, we are able to get a good idea of the most popular technologies being used by the developers. Just like last year, JavaScript topped the list of most used technologies once again, followed by SQL Server, […]
Short Bytes: The development of the bytecode named WebAssembly was coined last year which led to the formation of the Web Assembly community group to help it evolve as a web standard. Various browser makers like Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft have come up with own versions of the experimental previews. It was months before when […]
Short Bytes: The stereotypes associated with programmers are countless. To study them, using Microsoft’s Face API, Trestle Technology has performed a survey that tells some interesting results like — C++ programmers are the oldest, Swift programmers are beardy hipsters, and Java programmers are the saddest. If we talk about the existing stereotypes in the programming world, you […]
Short Bytes: To make our websites faster, researchers from MIT’s CSAIL Lab have written Polaris — a new JavaScript-based framework that loads webpages 34% faster. Polaris uses a detailed log of instructions using dependency trackers of a webpage and minimizes the number of round trips made to download that webpage’s components. Every year, the internet connections are […]
Short Bytes: RedMonk has just published its list of the top 21 programming languages of 2016 Q1. This list is based on the collective performance of the languages on GitHub and Stack Overflow. It has once again confirmed that JavaScript continues to run the web, followed by Java at the second position. If you are […]
Short Bytes: A coder, known as Fabian on GitHub, has created x86 architecture based emulations that allow you to run Windows 98, Linux, KolibriOS etc. inside your browser. Read more about the same and find the links below to try it out. With time, JavaScript engines have grown to become faster and more powerful than […]
Short Bytes: Nativefier is based on the Node.js runtime environment which can convert any web page into an automated desktop application. Nativefier does this using a framework called Electron. The Electron framework enables a programmer to write desktop applications in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Even if the web pages’ capabilities have increased with HTML 5 and JavaScript, we […]
LastPass Password Manager – renowned for being a secure vault for user’s passwords, has recently demonstrated vulnerabilities that could expose many users’ accounts. A phishing technique can easily and literally do the trick: a little more than a combination between software flaws and social engineering. Security researcher Sean Cassidy, who developed the phishing attack, claims […]
Short Bytes: In December 2015, Microsoft announced that it would be open sourcing the key parts of its Chakra JavaScript engine that powers Edge browser. Making good on its promise, the company has finally made the source code of ChakraCode available under the MIT license at its GitHub repository. Redmond hopes that developers from across […]
Short Bytes: In this article, I bring to you a new project called Javascript Tips that promises to deliver you one Javascript tip per day. This project is started by Joel Lovera from Córdoba and he’s right on track from day 1. So, I was having my daily dose of Reddit and I stumbled upon something amazing. I […]
A new variant of Ransomware, Ransom32, uses JavaScript to ease the process of attacking use systems with Ransomware and cause problems. Ransomware has been the thorn in systems all over the world, be it personal computers or other systems, even those belonging to police departments. Ransomware is a malicious program that takes control over a […]