Javascript to be next core malware language

The demand that the development of web 2.0 has placed on browsers to become more interactive and act as a portal rather than just a viewing platform is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at Radware, has warned.

As well as developing new signatures and analytics tools for Radware scanning software, Kotler also works on finding new classes of vulnerabilities before they appear in the wild. One such security hole is in Javascript, which would allow a hacker to copy any file from a user's PC with little chance of detection something many have considered to be impossible.