Malicious webpages make often use of a series of redirects and code obfuscation to make it difficulty for somebody to identify and analyze the threat. Malzilla is an open source software program for Windows that steps in and aids the researcher in identifying and analyzing JavaScript code on webpages.
The name stems from the fact that [...]

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Cnet ran some tests on the JavaScript performance of selected browsers like the latest Firefox version, Firefox beta and Google Chrome builds. JavaScript performance was in the news since Google and the Mozilla Firefox development team announced improvements in JavaScript performance.
Cnet used the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark to test browser performance of the browsers. There [...]

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Keeping up with all the different attack vectors is like the protagonist of Cervante’s famous novel Don Quixote. New threats are emerging on a daily basis while protections seem to remain stagnant at best. Users could opt for a radical solution by choosing to turn off scripts using NoScript and uninstalling scripting languages like Java [...]

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Viewing the source code of a website is a standard function in all web browsers. A right-click usually opens a menu with the option to view the source code of the page. Source code only refers to html source code. There is no way to view Javascript or CSS source codes directly from those menus.
The [...]

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A website should not be able to read the the history of websites that a user visited previously. An ingenious CSS hack and some spicy Javascript is however enough to use a trial and error method to find out if a user has been to specific websites.
Some webmasters use this method to display the social [...]

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