Blocking JavaScript execution results in an immediate boost to a users' security, as none of that code will be able to execute. Also: Russian election hacking hits a bump, but it's still going on CNET ...

For the past 26 months, Intel and other CPU makers have been assailed by Spectre, Meltdown, and a steady flow of follow-on vulnerabilities that make it possible for attackers to pluck passwords ...

To get a real-world performance increase right now, Mozilla has adapted the tracing technology and Adobe's nanojit so that they can be integrated directly into SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript ...

Easing what has traditionally been a difficult programming task, Facebook has released as open source a debugging tool for JavaScript, called Flow, designed to highlight problems caused by the ...

This section describes the bug exploited by APT-C-60 that allows code execution via hijacking the control flow of the WPS Office plugin component promecefpluginhost.exe.

The new "Hardware-enforced Stack Protection" feature is under development and an early preview is available in Windows 10 Insider previews builds (fast ring).

The latest version of the Opera browser has multiple improvements, including a claimed 50%-plus boost in JavaScript speed. Key features of Opera 10.60 include JavaScript speed improvements ...