Jscript on Matt Swann — Detection Engineering & Threat Intelhttp://mattswann.dev/tags/jscript/Recent content in Jscript on Matt Swann — Detection Engineering & Threat IntelMatt Swann — Detection Engineering & Threat Intelhttp://mattswann.dev/og-image.pnghttp://mattswann.dev/og-image.pngHugoen-usSun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000When Comments Aren't Comments: Decoding An Obfuscated JavaScript Samplehttp://mattswann.dev/posts/when-comments-arent-comments-obfuscated-javascript/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://mattswann.dev/posts/when-comments-arent-comments-obfuscated-javascript/An obfuscated JavaScript sample was observed on a device with an oddly large comment block at the top of the code. Students of programming are often taught that comments are not part of code itself and serve no other purpose other than to provide explanations for code blocks. In this article, we explore why that isn’t always true.