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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have announced the development of a new breakthrough in security for programs written in the popular web application framework Ruby on Rails. Testing of 50 web apps written in Ruby on Rails identified 23 bugs and took only 63 seconds to complete the inspection of a single app. This […]

passQi announces two new products geared towards solving the growing security challenges facing administrators and consumers. passQi mFactor for WordPress and passQi 2 with Apple Watch support is a next generation multi-factor authentication platform, made available for the first time to integrate seamlessly with WordPress authentication, complementing the passQi 2 app to provide an end-to-end […]

Microsoft is seeking to incorporate more interoperability in its browsers based on the data gathered from various browser APIs and telemetry usage of those APIs throughout web usage and delivering that data to the public. In conjunction with the internal tools built into its new Edge browser, Microsoft is also announcing its new Global CSS […]

npm Enterprise is now available on the Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) cloud as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). The npm (“Node.js package manager”) service helps JavaScript developers easily share packaged modules of code, which can be easily added to projects and managed via command-line tools. Continue reading this story here.

Powered by the continuously updated Wordfence Threat Defense Feed, the new firewall protects WordPress site owners from the latest threats even if they are running a vulnerable plugin or theme. Wordfence now represents the most comprehensive security solution for WordPress. In addition to the new firewall, Wordfence includes the best malware scanner available for WordPress […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced that work has begun on the next iteration of the Web’s most crucial standard, HTML with version 5.1 now on the horizon. The new specs are being hosted on GitHub where much of the source code for the projects around HTML5. W3C says its plans for HTML5 […]

So CISOs whose organizations have custom WordPress domains will be pleased by Friday’s announcement that free HTTPS for all domains hosted on WordPress.com has been added at no charge. “WordPress.com has supported encryption for sites using WordPress.com subdomains (like https://barry.wordpress.com/) since 2014,” the announcement notes. “Our latest efforts now expand encryption to the million-plus custom domains (like automattic.com) […]

PubHTML5 is a world-popular platform that provides digital publishers with the chance to use innovative software and technologies for creation of stunning online publications. The company now announces the release of the flipbook creator’s new version 5.2.0 with all of the amazing upgrades it provides. Flipbook creator5.2.0 of is now available with a lot of […]

The new update to MyConnection Server spearheads the start of Visualware’s Java-free all browser solution that eliminates the mundane requirement of a Java-enabled browser. The new BCS technology enables HTML5 non-Java support for all popular mainstream browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari. BCS is now capable of running as a seamless silent background service, […]

The Interactive Advertising Bureau planned to release a new tool Monday that allows ad designers, developers and ad operations teams to verify that their HTML5 ad units meet the current bureau’s guidelines. The IAB was set to announce it at its Mobile Marketplace conference in New York. “The IAB Tech Lab’s HTML5 Ad Validator is […]

Brave Software, the brain child of Brendan Eich, also the founder of JavaScripta is a new venture which has now been put on notice that its plan to block ads in its browser and replace them could place the company in legal hot water. But Brave countered that the objectors were filled with “false assertions.” […]

In line with efforts being made across the Web, WordPress will immediately apply HTTPS to any new sites created using a custom domain and they will move existing websites built on WordPress gradually to the more secure protocol WordPress will automatically redirect any requests that use HTTP to the new HTTPS version. Continue reading this story […]