javascript
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This Tool Checks If In-App Browsers Are Tracking You
In-app browsers are bunk compared to full-featured browsing apps, but they’re also a major privacy and security risk. Many apps sneak data trackers onto websites you visit through their in-app browser using a method called Javascript injection, which adds extra code to a page as it loads. These trackers can scoop up browsing history, login…
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How to Avoid Getting Caught by the Android ‘FlyTrap’ Malware
Beware, Android users — a new trojan malware is infecting smartphones worldwide, stealing thousands of users’ personal data and compromising their Facebook accounts.
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Bitcoin-Stealing Malware Discovered In Popular JavaScript Package Used By The BBC, Microsoft
On November 20, developer Ayrton Sparling posted an issue on the GitHub repo for “event-stream” — a JavaScript package that enjoys 1-1.5 million downloads per week and is used in some rather high-profile projects. The issue, simply titled “I don’t know what to say”, outlined some suspicious behaviour that, after extensive investigation, resulted in the…
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Learn To Build Node.js Web Apps With This Zine
If you’re new to building web apps, check out the first issue of You Got This! a friendly zine from developer community Glitch. The issue teaches the basic concepts behind web servers, and the npm package manager for Javascript. It also features career profiles of three community-leading web developers, and blurbs of advice from a…