[wizkid]

JavaScript opens doors to browser-based attacks:


Security researchers have found a way to use JavaScript to map a home or corporate network and attack connected servers or devices, such as routers or printers.

The malicious JavaScript can be embedded in a Web page and will run without warning when the page is viewed in any ordinary browser, the researchers said. It will bypass security measures such as a firewall because it runs through the user's browser, they said

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