In a disturbing new development, cybersecurity experts at AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) have revealed a growing trend of infostealer malware abusing the Electron framework. Electron, known for powering popular applications like Discord and...
In the ever-evolving realm of software development, security remains at the forefront of priorities, especially when vulnerabilities are reported. Recently, the Electron development team faced a storm of concern following the disclosure of several...
Electron_shell An increasing number of desktop applications are opting for the Electron framework. Electron provides a method that can be debugged, usually by utilizing Chrome’s inspect function or calling inspect through Node.js. In this...
Electronegativity It is a tool to identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns in Electron-based applications. It leverages AST and DOM parsing to look for security-relevant configurations, as described in the “Electron Security Checklist – A Guide for Developers...
On January 22, 2018, a known security vulnerability (CVE-2018-1000006) affecting Windows users of Electron-based programs (like discord) was made public. These bugs allow attacker take remote code execution on vulnerable programs. Electron is an open source...
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