Google previews WebMCP, a new protocol for AI agent interactions

Google's WebMCP protocol lets AI agents execute structured actions on websites via browser APIs. Is this the next frontier of ...

OpenAI upgrades its Responses API to support agent skills and a complete terminal shell

With OpenAI's latest updates to its Responses API — the application programming interface that allows developers on OpenAI's platform to access multiple agentic tools like web search and file search ...
CSOonline

Hidden .NET HTTP proxy behavior can open RCE flaws in apps — a security issue Microsoft won’t fix

Researcher warns that many .NET applications might be vulnerable to arbitrary file writes because .NET’s HTTP client proxy classes also accept non-HTTP URLs, a behavior developers are responsible to ...
SiliconANGLE

SquareX warns hidden API in Perplexity’s Comet browser enables full device takeover

New research out today from browser security company SquareX Ltd. is warning of a hidden application programming interface in Perplexity AI Inc.’s Comet browser that allows extensions in the ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome to warn users before opening insecure HTTP sites

Google announced today that the Chrome web browser will load all public websites via secure HTTPS connections by default and ask for permission before connecting to public, insecure HTTP websites, ...
TechCrunch

WhatsApp changes its terms to bar general-purpose chatbots from its platform

Update (15 January, 2025): Meta’s new rules go into effect from today. Companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Microsoft have already announced that their WhatsApp chatbot will stop working. Regulators ...
GitHub

Here I am sharing my notes on HTTP protocol

HTTP, which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is the foundational protocol for communication on the World Wide Web. It functions as a request-response protocol within the client-server computing ...
Frontiers

An application layer with protocol-based java smart contract verification

Blockchain is a distributed ledger that replicates data in a peer-to-peer network of nodes. Transactions are ledger updates digitally signed by the account requiring their execution. The nodes of the ...
ZDNet

OpenAI gives its voice agent superpowers to developers - look for more apps soon

OpenAI's Realtime API is now optimized and generally available. You can try its latest speech-to-speech model, gpt-realtime. The upgrades improve OpenAI's voice ...
TheServerSide

HTTP request methods explained

The 1.0 version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, issued way back in 1996, only defined three HTTP verbs: GET, POST and HEAD. The most commonly used HTTP method is GET. The purpose of the GET method ...
The Daily News

PortSwigger Research Sheds Light on HTTP/1.1 Vulnerabilities, Urges Industry Shift Toward Safer Protocols

PortSwigger, a renowned application security software provider, is issuing a bold challenge to the web security community: it's time to retire HTTP/1.1 for good. At Black Hat USA and DEF CON, James ...