Browser Security News

The new and much-anticipated anti-phishing filter in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 browser may slow your PC’s performance when you visit some Ajax-heavy sites, according to a Microsoft developer.
The workaround for the problem is to add the affected sites to "trusted sites" and then disable IE7’s anti-phishing feature in the trusted sites zone as well if […]

Phishing could soon be a thing of the past and the credit may have to go to Microsoft. That’s according to a leading web security expert who says functionality built into Internet Explore 7 could shutter fraudulent websites within 18 months.
Tim Callan, a director at VeriSign, said anti-phishing guards in IE 7 - which will […]

There are concerns that the latest and greatest Firefox, version 2, could compromise a user’s privacy because of the way that its anti-phishing system works.
To use the feature, you (apparently, I haven’t used it yet) have to send Google a record of every website you visit. A cookie is then used to record your behaviour […]

At the Opera Backstage event in London today it was revealed that Opera 9.1 will include built-in Fraud Protection for fraudulent sites.
Opera’s Fraud Protection will work differently than Firefox and Internet Explorer’s (IE) anti-phishing protection. In Opera, when you type a URL in the address bar, while the page is being requested from the web […]

[tag]Internet Explorer 7.0[/tag]’s [tag]anti-phishing[/tag] security is superior to any of its rivals, the first significant study to rate this element of browser security has concluded.
The tests by US Microsoft consultants 3Sharp LLC pitted a range of browser plug-ins for anti-phishing security against the phishing filter, in beta three of IE 7.0, finding the Microsoft technology […]

As you might already know - it is important to use the latest versions of [tag]IE7[/tag] to get the benefits of all the changes we have made over the past year since the release of the first public beta.
We made improvements to the client based on feedback and want to ensure users use these […]

Microsoft inked an agreement with whitelist specialist Digital Resolve on Sept. 5 to help its next generation Internet Explorer 7 Web browsing software and Windows Live Toolbar application protect users against fraudulent Web sites.
Under the terms of the deal, Digital Resolve, a unit of Digital Envoy, will provide its Trusted Server data feed directly into […]

Earlier today, I wrote about the new anti-phishing feature in Firefox 2 Beta 1, which was unable to catch a single scam e-mail in my testing. This afternoon, a Mozilla spokesperson sent me an e-mail that said, yes, it doesn’t work yet. In fact, said the spokesperson, this feature “was intended to test the core […]

One of the many new security features introduced with the Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 7 web browser is the Anti-Phishing Filter. This will be a welcome security addition for most users as phishers are targeting more and more people, trying to lure them into giving up their passwords, account details and credit card numbers.
How well […]

You may have heard of "phishing". Why it’s spelt like that I have no idea, but the name is an apt one. Phishing e-mails are created to appear as if they have been sent to you by a trusted organisation, like a bank or insurance company. Their purpose is usually to direct you to a […]