Browser Security News

Opera has released a software update that fixes at least seven security vulnerabilities in the Web browser program. Users may be prompted to update when they first launch the browser. Alternatively, Opera surfers can simply select "Help" and "Check for New Release."

There is no real way to prevent someone from stealing your identity or swiping financial and personal information, unless you have no bank accounts, credit cards or Social Security number.

Mozilla Messaging patched nine security vulnerabilities in Thunderbird yesterday, the first time it has plugged holes in the e-mail software since early May. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16, which was added to Mozilla’s download servers late Wednesday, quashes nine bugs, including one that was patched last week in Firefox, the company’s open-source browser.

The battle for your in-box shows no signs of waning. Despite the efforts of software companies large and small, spammers and phishers continue to find and exploit weaknesses in junk-mail filters at the server and client levels.

The new Safari 3.1 includes patches for at least 13 documented flaws, including one that puts Mac OS X at risk of drive-by code execution attacks. Apple has shipped a new version of its flagship Safari Web browser to fix more than a dozen security vulnerabilities affecting both Windows and Mac users.

Users of Thunderbird are being urged to update to version 2.0.0.12 of the open source email client to close several security holes. In the new version, the Mozilla developers remedy five vulnerabilities, one of which is categorized as critical because attackers can inject malicious code by means of specially crafted e-mails – and all users […]

Mozilla issued 10 patches on Friday for its Firefox browser, including three for critical vulnerabilities. The latest version of Firefox is now 2.0.0.12. One of the critical vulnerabilities, MFSA 2008-06, is a problem in the way the browser handles images on certain Web pages.

Mozilla Corp. bumped up the threat ranking for an unpatched Firefox bug to "high" Tuesday, but promised a fix is coming in Version 2.0.0.12, now slated for release on Feb. The company’s head of security, Window Snyder, confirmed that the browser, when running any of more than 600 add-ons, can be exploited to steal "session […]

E-mail used to be the actual vector for threats to the PC, but now it’s the browser. Security software is adjusting Look back at the security news three or four years ago and you’ll see a "worm of the week" phenomenon in action. Malware was spread, and botnets created, through e-mail messages. These e-mail messages […]

The feud between Microsoft Corp. and Mozilla Corp. over whose Web browser is more secure heated up again as officials for both companies trotted out statistics to show their application is safer. Jeff Jones, the strategy director in Microsoft’s security technology unit, started the latest bug count battle last Friday, when he posted a report […]