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ShmooCon: Bad Web 2.0 thinking imperils Web security
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 7:00 AM EST
JavaScript coding errors and Web developers who are inexperienced at working with emerging programming techniques represent serious threats to the security of many Internet sites and the people who visit them, according to malware researchers.
Speaking at the ongoing ShmooCon hacker convention on March 24, Billy Hoffman, lead research engineer at Atlanta-based software maker SPI Dynamics, detailed what he views as an epidemic problem in today's online world.
At Computerworld.
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