HTTP

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol of the web, defining how clients and servers exchange requests and responses such as web pages and API calls.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news because the protocol is gaining a new QUERY method for complex searches, and it also appears in security stories involving an HTTP-based TeamCity vulnerability and TrickBot malware abandoning HTTP for DNS tunneling.

Latest on HTTP

• JetBrains says a crafted HTTP request could break TeamCity
• TrickBot Ditches HTTP for DNS Tunneling in Latest Variant
• Another powerful new artificial intelligence model from China took the US tech industry by surprise Friday, the latest sign that Chinese startups that publicly release their “open-source” AI technology are making the California titans of AI sweat. Read more: https:
• At an artificial intelligence conference in Shanghai on Friday, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, urged open and global collaboration, aimed at supporting the technological advancement of developing countries. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4hprQ70
• HTTP gets a QUERY method so complex searches can stop pretending to be POST
• Citrix Patches NetScaler Vulnerabilities, Including New ‘HTTP/2 Bomb’ Attack

Connections

10 entities linked to HTTP across the news graph.