First Javascript-only Ransomware-as-a-Service discovered – ITProPortal / / No Comments ITProPortal First Javascript-only Ransomware-as-a-Service discoveredITProPortalHowever, a new strain called Ransom32 has a twist: it was fully developed in JavaScript, HTML and CSS which potentially allows for multi-platform infections after repackaging for Linux and MacOS X. Using JavaScript brings us one step closer to the … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: discovered, first, ITProPortal, Javascriptonly, RansomwareasaService
Parallel JavaScript with ParallelJS – SitePoint / / No Comments SitePoint Parallel JavaScript with ParallelJSSitePointBy its own construction, JavaScript is executed in a single thread mediated by an event loop (usually following the reactor pattern). For example, this gives us some nice abstraction for handling asynchronous requests to (external) resources. It also … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: JavaScript, Parallel, ParallelJS, SitePoint
Microsoft open sources Edge web browser’s JavaScript engine, plans port to Linux – ZDNet / / No Comments ZDNet Microsoft open sources Edge web browser's JavaScript engine, plans port to LinuxZDNetWho says Microsoft doesn't get open source these days? On January 13, 2016, Microsoft made good its December 2015 promise to open source ChakraCore, the Microsoft Edge JavaScript engine. And, believe it or not, Microsoft will also port it to Linux.Microsoft open-sources its JavaScript engine ChakraVentureBeatMicrosoft's speedy Chakra JavaScript engine is now open sourceThe Next Weball 6 news articles » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: browser's, Edge, Engine, JavaScript, Linux, Microsoft, open, Plans, port, sources, ZDNet
Ransom32: First-of-its-kind JavaScript-based ransomware spotted in the wild – Computerworld / / No Comments Computerworld Ransom32: First-of-its-kind JavaScript-based ransomware spotted in the wildComputerworldOh goody, there's a new type of ransomware that is based on JavaScript but more powerful as it uses NW.js to infect users; it's considered to be a cross-OS ransomware and it's being sold as ransomware-as-a-service. Happy flipping 2016! Ransom32, a …Novel JavaScript ransomware could be an equal opportunity infecterSC MagazineNew JavaScript Ransomware Sold as a ServiceThreatpostMeet Ransom32, the first Javascript ransomware for Windows, Mac, and LinuxNeowinBetaNews –Infosecurity Magazineall 13 news articles » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Computerworld, Firstofitskind, JavaScriptbased, Ransom32, ransomware, spotted, wild
JavaScript, HTML5 And The Web Made Big Comebacks In 2015 – ARC / / No Comments ARC JavaScript, HTML5 And The Web Made Big Comebacks In 2015ARCAnd JavaScript—the language of the Web—is eating the world. Over and over again. The Web also became a more complicated place in 2015. The media and publishing world really has no idea which way it should turn towards the future as Facebook's … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: 2015, Comebacks, HTML5, JavaScript, Made
V8 Javascript Fixes (Horrible!) Random Number Generator – Hackaday / / No Comments Hackaday V8 Javascript Fixes (Horrible!) Random Number GeneratorHackadayTo quantify the above observations, the official V8 Javascript post that I linked above notes that the coverage is only 232 values out of the possible 252 uniformly-distributed values that a 64-bit float can represent. This is a huge failure of the …and more » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Fixes, Generator, Hackaday, Horrible, JavaScript, Number, Random
JavaScript: 2015 in Review – SitePoint / / No Comments JavaScript: 2015 in ReviewSitePointJavaScript had a remarkable year. Despite reaching the grand age of twenty in May, news, projects and interest in the language continue to grow exponentially. Perhaps it's the strange circles I move in, but I can't think of another technology which … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: 2015, JavaScript, review, SitePoint
Google’s Angular 2 Release Pushes JavaScript Beyond the Browser – WIRED / / No Comments Lifehacker Australia Google's Angular 2 Release Pushes JavaScript Beyond the BrowserWIREDJavaScript is the lingua franca of the web, the standard way of building applications that run inside the browser. Created in the mid-'90s by an engineer at Netscape—the company that first pushed the web browser into the mainstream—this fairly simple …Google rewrites its Angular JavaScript frameworkInfoWorldAngular Material Design Framework 1.0 Released, and Other JavaScript NewsSoftpedia NewsGoogle's Angular 2 Framework Hits BetaTechCrunchLifehacker Australiaall 10 news articles » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Angular, Beyond, browser, Google's, JavaScript, Pushes, release, Wired