Because the script is being run in the context of the trusted web site, it has access to cookies such as session tokens, as well as any other user information available within the security context of that web site.
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Consider online tools, like Unfurlr, that show the long URLs hiding behind short URLs and provide a security report assessing the safety of the underlying web site.
Several senators sent a letter to Social Security officials on Tuesday, expressing worry that a section of the Web site which offered information on an individual's annual income and available benefits was vulnerable to misuse.
If your smartphone is lax, in terms of security, it may allow you to link to a dangerous web site.
WhatApp is a site that rates the privacy, security and openness of web and mobile applications as well as the various platforms they run on.
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The agency plans to hold public hearings across the U.S. in the next two months on privacy and computer security issues before officials make a final decision on the fate of the Web site, Callahan said.
He also said that the company is benefiting from strong cyclical trends in Web security, site performance, mobile site performance and delivery of high quality video.
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"Many firms take the position that you are responsible for the security of your account information, " the SEC noted in a letter on its Web site.
Perhaps due to the similarity of the names, some early reports from security analysts and others identified the hack as impacting users of Yahoo Voice, the site's Web phone service.
The security world has long seen the Web as a buggy, infected tangle of sites vulnerable to hacks like cross-site scripting and SQL injection.
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