Browser Security News

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.

In response to today’s news that Google is releasing its own browser, code-named Chrome, I decide to call John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp., the folks behind the fast-growing Firefox browser. My intention was to find out what Lilly thought about this development, especially since Mozilla has been viewed as close personal partner of Google’s.

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."

The browser that helped kick-start the commercial web is to cease development because of lack of users. Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 February 2008, the company has said. In the mid-1990s the browser was used by more than 90% of the web population, but numbers have slipped […]

A free browser that claims it can safeguard privacy has been hit with accusations that it is really a platform for advertising and – worse still – is insecure.
Released last week, Browzar is not an independent browser but an IE (Internet Explorer) shell download that its creators have promoted as a way for ordinary internet […]

The new Browzar internet browser is promising users a way to surf the internet while disclosing only a limited amount of personal information.
In an attempt to protect the privacy of its users the application does not store cookies or a history of previously visited websites, nor does it maintain a cache or offer to auto-complete […]

Even though a number of us may not like to admit it, there are those among us who simply feel that using Internet Explorer overlays is preferable to that of alternatives such as Firefox or Netscape. OK, fair enough. And in that spirit, I have decided to go out there into the world of Internet […]

A Boston based group on Monday posted the second post-beta version of a Firefox knock-off browser that promises to start faster and consume fewer PC resources.
The Windows-only K-Meleon 1.01 browser is based on the same Gecko engine as Firefox (and the also-open-source SeaMonkey suite), the product’s release notes state. The code base, Mozilla 1.8.0.5, is […]

Security remains the most important attribute of a Web browser. The success of any feature or function aimed at improving Web security often hinges on two factors: usability and how easy it is to configure. It seems Opera Software considered these factors in their latest release of the browser, Opera 9. Let’s review some of […]

What is Ghostzilla?
Ghostzilla is a Web browser like Firefox, but it shows up and disappears instantly, discreetly, blended with your application — any application — so the Web pages look like part of it and not like the Web at all.