Browser Security News

Opera has shipped a new version of its browser to fix three security vulnerabilities, one rated “extremely severe.” The most serious flaw could allow a malicious attacker to take complete control of a system, Opera said in an advisory.

Today, Opera has announced the release of the Opera 10 Web browser for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms.

Hackers using multi-exploit attack "toolkits" take defensive measures of their own against other criminals, a security researcher said today.

Ask a room full of security practitioners for a list of security settings that’ll make Internet Explorer (IE) safe to use and you’ll either hear laughter or advice to get a new browser like Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari or Google Chrome.

Microsoft Corp.’s move to let users cripple Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) isn’t enough to solve its newest antitrust problems with European Union regulators, according to the head of the company that filed the original complaint.

The Opera browser has been updated to version 9.64 which includes several security and stability fixes. The update addresses an extremely severe vulnerability in which a specially crafted JPEG image can cause Opera to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code.

Opera Software, which is battling hard for market share with Google’s Chrome, is promising users a faster surfing experience, an improved email client, and better browser-synchronisation capabilities, with the latest version of its browser launched this week.

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."

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer remains the most popular browser in the world. This despite report after report calling the program less secure than Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and other free competitors. Yet IE remains the preferred browser of nearly four out of five people surfing the Web.

The future of the web is fast approaching. The specifications for HTML 5, the successor to today’s HTML 4, are still in the draft phase, but already forward-looking browsers are starting to add limited support for HTML 5 elements. The web has grown and changed in remarkable ways since the release of HTML 4 in [...]