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- Mozilla, Google plug high-risk browser holes
- Mozilla, Google plug high-risk browser holesReady before Tuesday, as I suspected.Downloaded and installed - no problems so far.there's another unpatched critical flaw in Firefox 3.5.1http://www.milw0rm.com/exploit.php?id=9158The Only Plugin You'll Ever Need: NoscriptGo get it here[b]This talkback brought to you by Mozilla Firefox 3.5[/b]The safest internet browser on the planet!Avoid Microsoft Internet...
- Tags: Web browsers, NOW IT, noscript, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, high-risk browser hole, browser hole, Mozilla Corp., Novell AppArmor, Microsoft Internet Explorer, plug-in, ActiveX, NoScript, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holesWhat this article doesn't mention...How many of these 31 "security holes" are mitigated by configuring your server the way Microsoft recommends? Beyond trust released a good report based on last year?s stats on Microsoft Vulnerabilities and what percent of vulnerabilities are mitigated...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Patches, security, Print Spooler
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 zero day exploited in the wild
- Yesterday, Adobe confirmed the existence of a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.0 and earlier, originally detected by the Shadowserver Foundation last week. The onging targeted attacks have since been confirmed by both, Symantec and McAfee urging users to disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Attack, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- News to know: RIM, Facebook TOS, Apple-Adobe, Android
- 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: SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating Sam Diaz: Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- Targeted malware attacks exploiting IE7 flaw detected
- Researchers at TrendMicro have detected a targeted malware attack exploiting last week's patched critical MS09-002 vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 7. Upon opening the spammed Microsoft office document, vulnerable users are automatically forwarded to a Chinese live exploit site which still remains active. The attack has also been...
- Tags: Trend Micro Inc., Flaw, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Malware, Hacker, Exploit, Attack, MS09-002, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Inside Microsoft's February patch batch
- Guest post by Eric Schultze It's a seemingly light batch of patches this month, trailing an even lighter, single patch release in January. Two critical items were released -- including patches for Internet Explorer 7 and Microsoft Exchange Server. Additionally, two "important" items...
- Tags: Microsoft Visio, Attacker, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., MS09-002, MS09-003, MS09-004, MS09-005, Patches, Servers, Security, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Mozilla swats bugs with Firefox 3.0.6
- Mozilla swats bugs with Firefox 3.0.6unpatched flaw found in Firefox 3.0.6unpatched flaw in Firefox 3.0.6The PoC is available here:http://carl-hardwick.googlegroups.com/web/Firefox305RemoteDoS.htm?gda=L-Hfg0kAAACkS-ZCh60y1HGkG90OfxntoAqwZ3C8ruyropiO-H421kJrrhmHCQufFZuFBPw58ONwjIbH0C7mEWhMCbjxfUhhhAioEG5q2hncZWbpWmJ7IQRE: Mozilla swats bugs with Firefox 3.0.6Dear Steve,Now, one major FLAW they NEED to get rid of is the "Flash Crash Bug" caused by Firefox in Linux.Next, maybe go back to the...
- Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.0.6, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-04
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?The recommendation to use an alternative browser is based on......the existence of an exploit for which a patch is not available as of the time I write this. It is not being given because IE is insecure. I would hope this same advice were given...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- Hackers exploiting (unpatched) IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacks
- Hackers exploiting unpatched IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacksCmon Loverock, Comment On This One!That's right, you selectively avoid stories like this. If it's anti-Linux, you pounce right on it.IE7 is a joke.So this doesn't affect XP SP3 or Vista?[i]The Web attacks, first reported by Bob McMillan, takes aim...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, exploit, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flaw
- Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flawGreatAnother company that doesn't understand blended threats when it's pointed out to them. Even worse with them responsible for Web 2.0 stuff that's a great set of vectors for attacks.RE: Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flawOh the ignorance at Google never fails to amaze me. They...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Google Inc., Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, carpet-bombing flaw, Microsoft Internet, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome, crashes with all tabs
- Whoa! Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now? While Google's Chrome team is cheering, Rishi Narang from Evil Fingers is typing and releasing a proof of concept for a denial of service vulnerability that is successfully crashing the Chrome browser with all tabs. According to Narang's advisory : "An issue...
- Tags: Google Inc., DOS, Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Students and the browser war
- Students and the browser warI switched, rather than foughtYou don't mention Opera, which although has very little market share, so does Lamborghini in the auto market, yet few would dispute the pedigree and quality of those cars.I used Firefox until the updates for the extensions came more slowly and fewer....
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, IE Tab, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-07-06
- Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer
- Zero-day flaw haunts Internet ExplorerJelloWow, Ryan, that really tells me a lot. What does this vulnerability do? Change my hard drive into Jello?While the information is appreciatedit would have been nice if the headline had included that little number 6. It makes a huge difference.this flaw haunts only OLD Internet...
- Tags: Web browsers, Manuel Caballero, Microsoft Internet Explorer, zero-day bug, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Mozilla confirms Firefox 3.0 flaw, says risk minimal
- Mozilla confirms Firefox 3.0 flaw, says risk minimalMinimal?Last time I remember something public like this labeled "minimal", they changed it to "critical" pretty quickly.Careful!!! It's minor.....The FF fanboys will slit your throat for talking about a flaw in their pet browser. If it was IE7 that had the flaw there...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, flaw, Firefox 3.0 flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Firefox 3.0 downloads surpass 7 million
- Firefox 3.0 downloads surpass 7 millionFound a FLAW in Firefox 3.0these protocol-handler security settings are ignored although they're set to 'true' and so you don't receive warningsnetwork.protocol-handler.warn-external.mailtonetwork.protocol-handler.warn-external.newsnetwork.protocol-handler.warn-external.nntpnetwork.protocol-handler.warn-external.snews(about:config)I've done my partI even downloaded it twice, once for my laptop and once for my desktop. :)Three cheers for the Mozilla Teamand a...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, FF3
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Proof of Concept "carpet bombing" exploit released in the wild
- In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Apple to reconsider its currently passive position on the severity of the dubbed as "carpet bomb" flaw, a working Proof of Concept exploit code has been released at Liu Die Yu's security blog : Nitesh Dhanjani discovered that Safari for...
- Tags: Desktop, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Liu, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- ActiveX vulnerability haunts Creative Labs AutoUpdate engine
- ActiveX vulnerability haunts Creative Labs AutoUpdate enginePerhaps the practical solution......is to [i]not[/i] use ActiveX.No solution!? Stop using Active-X ntntthe title of this news is wrong because there's not a flaw in activexthe title of this news is wrong because there's not a flaw in activex technology, but in a particular...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Does IE7, ActiveX, Active-X, Creative Labs Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild
- Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wildClarification[i]An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.[/i]IE7 running in Protected Mode the default in Vista runs with fewer privileges than the current user. Would the exploit run in this context? If so, this malware...
- Tags: SECURITY, Processors, Adobe Flash zero-day exploit, Adobe Flash, Adobe Systems Inc., zero-day bug
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe (updated)
- PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe updatedLinux didn't fall because no-one botheredI remember reading a report from one of the participants. Linux didn't fall becuse none of the teams invested any time into it until after the others fell. Whether that was out of the feeling that...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, PWN-TO-OWN, PayPal, Apple Safari, phishing
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
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