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Mozilla downplays Zalewski's Firefox flaws

Mozilla downplays Zalewski's Firefox flawsHey zkiwi, how does that crow taste?[url=http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=34612&messageID=636608] zkiwi claims that Zalewski can't be wrong [/url][i]I guess you think you are smarter than this guy who rates it as critical[/i]Hmm, looks like he was wrong about the Firefox flaws. I guess he isn't so smart after all!No...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Zalewski, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox flaw, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-05

IE flaw threat hits the roof

IE flaw threat hits the roofaye?Pornography dialers? So wheres the problem?disable ActiveX?Oh no, you have to disable ActiveX! But that breaks webpages, I can't do that! I'll switch to a browser that's safe(doesn't use ActiveX) instead!IE is an embarrassment3 cheers for Firefox!KAHCHING Just like money in the bank"Three...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2005-01-07

Firefox flaw raises phishing fears

Firefox flaw raises phishing fearsI'm surprised it took this long for ZDNet to report thisBut I'm even more surprised that Mozilla is taking this long in fixing it. Their primary advantage over IE is better security, so any lingering security flaw can kill whatever momentum they are building up.Sounds pretty...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, phishing, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox flaw, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-01-07

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News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

High-risk flaw dings Google Chrome

no NoScript..No Google Chromethis is one of the reasons i don't want to get near this browser. Till Google wakes up and builds an add-on support for Adblock and NoScript, then and only then i might give it a try.Chrome wont even give me the Option to manually disable Scripting....

Tags: Scripting languages, Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., JavaScript, NoScript, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on

RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...

Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Linux Distro, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., MS .NET Firefox add-on, MS .NET, vunerability, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Microsoft breaks Firefox

IE Welded into WindowsIE is welded into the Windows Operating System,that is why Windows is so insecure and proneto viruses/worms.They thought by making IE basically explorer.exein concept they would ruin any competitor likeNetscape well they did in a way.Interesting part of it is, they failed becauseFirefox is the most popular...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Time to ditch Windows for online banking and shopping

Instead of a live CDWould I be able to install Linux in Windows and do the same?Amen! Happened today to a gov't computerhttp://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/10/computer_hacker_steals_479000.htmlYet another infected computer stealing OUR money.Absolutely ridiculous and irresponsible article!Show me an instance where a flaw in Vista/7 has led to a user being compromised? ...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, exploit, phishing, Linux, operating system, Adrian, online banking

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-12

News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Vulnerable Adobe Flash shipped with Snow Leopard

That's all fine and goodbut Apple OSX is based on tried and tested UNIX and is immune to such vulnerabilities. Magic dust is able to discover exploits before they get a chance to spring into action.Unix was designed with security in mind and every object is securable with extremely high...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

High-risk vulnerabilities hit Google Chrome

This software was programmed by Google, did anyone not see this happening? Google has the worst programmers because they don't give two squats about anything except playing with their office toys all day.For a browser built from the ground up with security in mindthere seem to be more than...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Operating systems, Chrome, Google Inc., sandbox, vulnerability, Web browser, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flaws

Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flawsNever ending critical flawsIsn't it obvious now that HTML / JAVASCRIPT was so badly designed that these flaws are inevitable? WEB needs a new markup standard, and it'd better not be HTML-oriented regardless how these W3C guys insist they can get it right.RE: Mozilla patches 'critical'...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., flaw, Firefox 3.5, patch management

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flaws

Mozilla has released two advisories to patch serious security flaws in its flagship Firefox Web browser. The vulnerabilities are rated "critical," meaning they can be exploited by malicious hackers to run harmful code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.  ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Flaw, Vulnerability, Patch Management, SSL, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Certificate, Ssl/Tls, Web Browsers, Authentication/Encryption, Network Security, Security, Internet, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-03

News to know: FCC and Apple, AT&T; Windows 7; SAP; iPhoto vs. Picasa

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps full text of letters Garett Rogers: Apple and...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Google Picasa, Apple iPhoto, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Government

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?Yup it's time to do soI have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Is It Time, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Novell AppArmor, Adobe Systems Inc., IS IT, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Adobe 'zero-day' flaw is eight months old

Adobe 'zero-day' flaw is eight months oldLinux Users wrap your Acroread session in AppArmor[b]Linux Users wrap your Acroread session in AppArmor - 7/21/2009[/b]Sunday I posted a blog on how to wrap your Firefox session in AppArmor.If you follow the instructions given there for Firefox, you can perform the same task...

Tags: Linux, SECURITY, Adobe Systems Inc., Novell AppArmor, flaw

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Adobe 'zero-day' flaw is eight months old

The current zero-day attacks against Adobe Flash Player are not quite zero-day after all.   According to new information, Adobe's security response team knew about the vulnerability since December 31, 2008 see image below but it was misdiagnosed as a "data loss corruption" issue. When word of the...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Flaw, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-24