Browser Security News

Internet Explorer 7 and 8’s default security settings can be unsafe for internal, intranet-based Web applications, according to newly published research.

After all, the technigentsia have long proclaimed that mentioning "IE" and "security" in the same breath is akin to oxymorons like "jumbo shrimp," "friendly fire," and "priceless junk."
But nearly 80 percent of the world’s surfers use IE. They can’t all be dim.
They’re not, and neither is Microsoft, which after five years of resting on the [...]

The streaming news feeds known as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) may get a dramatic boost if Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.0 supports feeds when it’s released later this year. But the stimulus for the new technology will be hindered if IE is unable to handle what’s known as "secure RSS." It now appears that IE 7.0 [...]

Microsoft’s Web page for its new Internet Explorer 7 Web browser declares “we heard you.” That headline is missing one word: “finally.”
It’s been nearly six years since Internet Explorer 6 shipped — six years in which pop-up ads and browser hijackings made the Web a much more hostile place while the ever-expanding variety and number [...]

This document describes the changes for how Internet Explorer 7 will reduce the number of ActiveX controls enabled by default with a feature called "ActiveX Opt-In".
This document also describes some of the best practices for developing ActiveX controls intended to run in Internet Explorer. These best practices have been compiled from the Security Development Lifecycle [...]

Many are content to spend all day clicking fancy looking buttons or menu items in order to get their tasks accomplished, but those who know the correct keyboard and mouse shortcuts can often get around applications more efficiently: Browsing the web with Internet Explorer is no exception. I want to take a minute to discuss [...]

Back in April, we took a look at Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 Beta 2 (see my review) for Windows XP, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003, a product Microsoft described at the time as being feature complete. Since then, the company has been updating IE 7 in several ways, and we can [...]

Security analysts Wednesday warned users of a pair of unpatched bugs in Microsoft’s popular Internet Explorer browser that may soon be in play because proof-of-concept code has gone public for both.
The two vulnerabilities have been detailed on the Full Disclosure security mailing list, and were the root of alerts issued by the SANS Institute’s Internet [...]

A California company better known for "sandbox" style security aimed at enterprises on Tuesday launched consumer software that puts Internet Explorer in a protected virtual machine. The approach blocks some malware from reaching the operating system and lets users "wipe" the browser slate clean to return IE to a pristine state.
GreenBorder Technologies’ same-named GreenBorder Pro [...]

“We do fix a lot of bugs, but we also have transparency. You’re going to know everything that we fix,” said Christopher Blizzard, a board member for the Mozilla Corporation. “Internet Explorer has known bugs that still haven’t been fixed. We do regular security releases.”
Mozilla Corporation is confident that its Firefox browser will maintain its [...]