Browser Security News

One of the ways Microsoft plans to push Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 users to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 is convincing them the latest version is much more secure, which it is. Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Internet Explorer, last week posted a story on the IEBlog about how IE8 managed to [...]

In its third annual report on the riskiest Web domains, McAfee says attackers are using Cameroon’s domain name as part of typo-squatting schemes to infect users with malware. McAfee’s list of the most dangerous Web domains has a new leader.

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.

The upcoming Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 releases, currently in beta, will check the version of Adobe Flash plug-in installed in the browser and warn the user if that plug-in is out of date.

People eager to get a copy of the latest version of the Mac operating system, Snow Leopard, should be wary of sites offering free copies because they are likely to get some nasty malware instead, according to antivirus company Trend Micro.

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

Research by vulnerability specialists Secunia suggests that third party applications are increasingly being used by malware writers in preference to using operating system attacks.

Mozilla Corp. on Tuesday patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3, just days before it hopes to roll out the newest beta of its next open-source browser, Firefox 3.5.

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

Microsoft’s April batch of security patches are out: 8 bulletins with patches for at least 20 documented vulnerabilities.