The full form of HTTP is Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is a protocol used to transfer hypertext (like HTML pages) over the Internet. HTTP is the foundation of data communication on the World Wide ...

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 ...

Security researchers Gal Bar Nahum, Anat Bremler-Barr, and Yaniv Harel have published details of a "common design flaw" in implementations of the HyperText Transfer Protocol 2 (HTTP/2) allowing those ...

Multiple HTTP/2 implementations have been found susceptible to a new attack technique called MadeYouReset that could be explored to conduct powerful denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. "MadeYouReset ...

Millions of websites appear to use modern secure protocols, but under the hood, they’re actually downgrading requests to the old HTTP/1.1 somewhere in the proxy chain. Hackers can completely take over ...

KNUTSFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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.

According to this recent report by McKinsey, 87% of consumers say they won’t do business with your company if they have concerns about your security practices. So if you’re serious about protecting ...

When it comes to optimizing your website for search engines, every detail matters — including the HTTP headers. But what exactly are HTTP headers, and why should you care? HTTP headers allow the ...

Apache's HTTP Server is a critical component for hosting web applications worldwide. Recently, two significant vulnerabilities CVE-2024-40725 and CVE-2024-40898 have surfaced, raising alarms across ...

404, 301, 500… No, these aren’t just random digits. They indicate how your website performs and how search engines like Google view and rank your website. Below, I’ll break down the most common HTTP ...