• Thou Shalt Not Depend on Me.

Result: Thou Shalt Not Depend on Me.

Title:
Thou Shalt Not Depend on Me.
Authors:
LAUINGER, TOBIAS1, CHAABANE, ABDELBERI2, WILSON, CHRISTO B.3
Source:
Communications of the ACM. Jun2018, Vol. 61 Issue 6, p41-47. 7p. 2 Diagrams, 3 Charts.
Subject Terms:
*COMPUTER security, *WEBSITE security, *COMPUTER software, JAVASCRIPT programming language, LIBRARIES (Computer program subroutines), PREVENTION of computer hacking, METADATA
Database:
Business Source Premier

Further Information

The article looks at how the use of third-party components such as JavaScript libraries can lead to security issues for websites. It examines the vulnerabilities of the JavaScript language before providing information on how to detect a library that could be subject to hacking by collecting metadata.