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Remote Risk? New JavaScript Threats Look to Grab Control

JavaScript is a popular scripting language for website effects, and with popularity comes the risk of exploitation. New attack vectors focus on remote downloads and physical compromise, but well-tuned spam filters and updated BIOS keep users in control. The Rowhammer vulnerability could potentially be used to gain kernel privileges on multiple systems. Fortunately, the attack is relatively simplistic and shouldnt be hard to counter because antispam programs can weed out.JS files in the same way they disallow messages containing.exe attachments.”]

Source: https://securityintelligence.com/news/remote-risk-new-javascript-threats-look-to-grab-control/

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