InfoWorld

Jailed JavaScript library runs untrusted code safely in browsers, Node.js

Jailed uses native JavaScript functions to run other libraries in a sandboxed environment, which could be the route to safer plugins and better automated testing of code A recently revised JavaScript ...
Bleeping Computer

Invisible characters could be hiding backdoors in your JavaScript code

Could malicious backdoors be hiding in your code, that otherwise appears perfectly clean to the human eye and text editors alike? A security researcher has shed light on how invisible characters can ...
InfoWorld

Prisma.js: Code-first ORM in JavaScript

Get a hands-on tour of the leading JavaScript object-relational mapping tool, which you can use with MongoDB and traditional databases. Prisma is a popular data-mapping layer (ORM) for server-side ...
ZDNet

Hackers are disguising their malicious JavaScript code with a hard-to-beat trick

Over 25% of malicious JavaScript code is obfuscated by so-called 'packers', a software packaging method that has given attackers a way of evading signature-based detection, according to security and ...
CNET

Code Combat teaches you to code through dungeon-crawling

Browser game CodeCombat teaches you how to code in Javascript by having you input the commands to play a game. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the ...