Six Proto6 flaws in protobuf.js enable RCE and DoS attacks; patched in versions 7.5.6 and 8.0.2 to protect Node.js services.

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Last August, we told you about a project posted on GitHub by Romanian software developer Bizău Ionică that makes it possible for snips of legacy COBOL code to run within the JavaScript code of the ...

Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used by developers of smart contract apps that work with the cryptocurrency known as Solana. The supply-chain attack ...

A little bit about Node.js, it is a beautifully written cross-platform open-source JavaScript runtime environment built on Google’s Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js basically lets you code ...

In the history of computing, 1995 was a crazy time. First Java appeared, then close on its heels came JavaScript. The names made them seem like conjoined twins newly detached, but they couldn’t be ...

Model-View-ViewModel, data binding and separation of concerns are just some of the reasons that Knockout.js, which I introduced in a recent column ("2 Great JavaScript Data-Binding Libraries," ...

Visual Studio Code is a code editor that is completely free and open-source. It has been developed by Microsoft and is highly regarded by developers due to its lightweight, fast, and extensible design ...

Node.js is a lean, fast, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that is useful for both servers and desktop applications. Scalability, latency, and throughput are key performance indicators for ...