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- iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws
- Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- A look at the recent Firefox 3 vulnerability
- True to form, Billy Rios promised a more in depth look at the MSFA2008-35 vulnerability which is another protocol handler flaw in Firefox 3. As previously reported here, this was another protocol handler flaw that led to arbitrary remote command execution, and is especially dangerous since it can be deployed...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Protocol Handler, Firefox3, Security Decision, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Apple ships (long overdue) iPhone security patches
- Apple ships long overdue iPhone security patchesProbably not a good ideato link to your article where you go on a rant about Apple neglecting iPhone security 8 days before a software update.You sound like a basher. Kind of like a guy who would rail on MS for not patching a...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, iPhone security, patch management
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Apple ships (long overdue) iPhone security patches
- Finally, after months of waiting, iPhone users finally get security fixes for a batch of known software vulnerabilities. The latest iPhone 2.0 and iPod Touch 2.0 update patches at least 13 documented vulnerabilities, including several code execution holes in the Safari mobile Web browser. The...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, JavaScript, Apple Inc., Web Site, Arbitrary Code Execution, Application Termination, Memory Corruption, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Apple releases patches for dangerous QuickTime flaws in Apple TV 2.1 product
- Apple releases patches for dangerous QuickTime flaws in Apple TV 2.1 productDoes anyone use AppleTV?[i]Some of you might be saying, why do I care, I don’t use Apple TV.[/i]AppleTV sales have been abysmal.does this really matter in the case of appleTV?an appleTV is not like a computer or even like...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Web browsers, Apple TV, patch management, appleTV, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Apple hasn't learned from past security mistakes
- Apple hasn't learned from past security mistakesTo sum upSafari is insecure because other software has exploits.Do you get dizzy much from spinning so fast?RE: Apple hasn't learned from past security mistakesIt probably has more to do with Apple being used to abiding by what is considered normal security obligations on...
- Tags: security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., security mistake
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Apple hasn't learned from past security mistakes
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Aviv Raff Apple's Safari for Windows is a nice browser. It really is. It has slick user interface, some pretty cool features, and benchmarks show that it is really fast. But, saying that...
- Tags: Security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE
- On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IEAm I correct that uninstalling Safari mitigates the problem?I realize it isn't a fix but am I correct in believing that for the time being, removing Safari effectively closes off the only known attack vector that can utilize this vulnerability?...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, patch management, flaw, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Use Google Talk on your iPhone/Touch
- Google just released a new version of Google Talk that works on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's pretty nice looking, and it works well to boot. To use the new application, point your Safari browser to www.google.com/talk. You might want to put a bookmark on your...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, Apple Safari, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browser
- According to a new study from researchers at Google, IBM and ETH Zurich, there are about 637 million Google users surfing the Internet with a vulnerable Web browser. Using data from Google search queries and security vulnerability aggregator Secunia, the study HTML or PDF found that a...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Why Microsoft might win in mobile
- Why Microsoft might win in mobileInterface BreathroughI would say that the new HTC Touch is a breakthrough in mobile interfaces. I actually like it better than the iPhone. To me, it makes the iPhone/iPod Touch interfaces look boring.its called Opera Mobile 9.5Have you tried using Opera Mobile 9.5 on any...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, mobile, Opera Software, Apple Safari, Opera Mobile 9.5, Opera Mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update
- Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 updateLeopard and Flash PlayerI have re-downloaded the Adobe Flash Player 8 times since installing Leopard and I still get blank pages in Safari that say I have no player. Am I the only one? This is such a frustrating operating system.
- Tags: Leopard, Leopard 10.5.4, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Microsoft releases critical update for Office 2008 for Mac
- Microsoft releases critical update for Office 2008 for MacCan OS X survive without MS support?That's will be the big question for the OS.How pissed would people be if MS installed IE with the patch?We have [url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1335] legions after legions of Apple fans apologizing [/url] for Apple's "install Safari by default"...
- Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, Microsoft Office, critical update, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Web browser, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Why I still prefer Internet Explorer
- I wrote a blog post last week where I discussed some of the good lessons from the success of Firefox. I truly believe Firefox is a great browser, and I am glad that competition has forced Microsoft to pull its IE developers out of suspended animation to update its ability...
- Tags: Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, DIV, CSS, Web Browsers, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Security researcher keeps "Carpet Bomb" attack alive, despite patch
- Security researcher keeps "Carpet Bomb" attack alive, despite patchYesIt def. still works, albeit not in exactly the same way. I can't comment more until Rios has released details.-NateIs the attack really still "alive" ?Re-read BK's blog:"... Safari's behavior affected more than just IE. In fact, I've discovered a way...
- Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Apple Safari, carpet bomb, bomb, security
- Discussion threads 2008-06-21
- Researcher keeps 'carpet bomb' attack alive, despite patch
- Security research Billy Rios posted an article today about the Apple Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack, discussing a new issue that, despite the patch which prevented a "blended" remote command execution attack when Safari was used in conjunction with IE on a Windows system, keeps the "Carpet Bomb" attack alive and well. ...
- Tags: Software, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Ecosystem, Attack, Billy Rios, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-21
- Safari (dmg)
- This Web browser is completely integrated with Mac OS X technologies such as Rendezvous and iSync. It renders pages with a high degree of speed and standards compliance. The interface features an innovative bookmarking system, as well as tabbed browsing and a built-in Google search box with a breadcrumb feature...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Patches, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-06-20
- About-face: Apple patches Safari 'carpet bombing' bug
- About-face: Apple patches Safari 'carpet bombing' bugfor PCFeels like Apple has to worry much more for Safari on PC. So much security problems which the operating system doesn't process. Hope they can keep up.RE: About-face: Apple patches Safari 'carpet bombing' bugThere's no link to the Apple advisoryTranslationIt was an annoying...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Apple patches Safari, carpet
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- About-face: Apple patches Safari 'carpet bombing' bug
- In what amounts to a major about-face, Apple has patched the Safari "carpet bombing" vulnerability that led to a Safari-to-Internet Explorer remote code execution combo threat. After insisting for weeks that the issue is more of an irritant than a security risk, Apple today released Safari v3.1.2...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your PC
- Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your PCFirefox 3Went to Cnet for Firefox 3 download, quite fast and no problems.RE: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your PCI downloaded from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html so I hope that counts.RE: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Fake Firefox 3, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
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