Monthly Archives: May 2014

Google XSS game

Posted on 29 May 2014 by Angus Hardie

http://xss-game.appspot.com/ It teaches a bit about Cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs that, as the page helpfully describes, are one of the most common and dangerous types of vulnerabilities in web apps. Worth checking, even if you think you know the material.

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Webkit Javascript Optimizing JIT compiler(s)

Posted on 14 May 2014 by Angus Hardie

Is your JIT compiled javascript function running too slow? No worries, just wait and the javascript engine will recompile it and then replace the function with a faster version! But that’s not fast enough either? Webkit will compile another version … Continue reading →

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