Web Development

Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160): An overview of the problem and the resources needed to fix it

Microsoft open sources Windows Library for JavaScript

The Windows WinJS JavaScript library can now be used to help build apps for non-Microsoft browsers

Facebook’s Hack programming language builds code safety into PHP

Hack pairs PHP's ease with the safety controls of older languages

Web server malware for Nginx, Apache advertised on underground market

Effusion malware infects Web servers and injects rogue content into websites

Mozilla advises webmasters to implement X-Frame-Options security header

The header can easily solve many security problems, a Mozilla security engineer said

Ruby on Rails security updates patch XSS, DoS vulnerabilities

The updates also strengthen the protection for a vulnerability patched in January

Big Data Application Framework Gets Update, SQL Interface

Microsoft Word: At 30, the word processing package is king, but threats abound

Developers can now sell Web apps in Amazon’s Appstore

HTML5 game developer said Amazon's support will help spread the word

Firefox, Chrome strengthen in-browser debugging

Mozilla Firefox gives developers more customization control while Google Chrome introduces an in-browser code editor