Top 5 Security Threats in HTML5

"To bridge the gap, Web developers have adopted and embraced a variety of additional technologies, everything from using client-side JavaScript to build needed features, relying on server-side scripts to process data in ways the browser could not, and using third-party plug-ins, such as Flash, to extend the browser even further. All of these developments reflect the shift from browser as document delivery platform to browser as Web application platform.

"Now, with the nearly-complete standard for HTML5 being implemented (at least in part) in the latest or beta versions of all the major browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera, many of the advanced Web app features developers need will be available in native HTML.

"But with any major introduction of new features, HTML5 also brings with it potential security vulnerabilities â€" which is not to say that HTML5 is "flawed," but that, invariably, there will be new attack vectors for hackers to exploit. Some originate from elements of the standard itself, some from implementations of the standard in each browser, and some from the care that developers do (or do not) take in building their HTML5 code."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Using HTML5 to add real-time video effects to Tron(Dec 07, 2010)
• HTML5 vs. Flash in a game of Pong(Nov 02, 2010)
• A Primer on HTML5 Video and Why You Should Care About It(Sep 15, 2010)
• Microdata: HTML5�s Best-Kept Secret(Sep 12, 2010)