Browser Security News

The CA/Browser Forum wants to bring increased safety to web banking and e-commerce by developing a new digital certificate that can better verify a site’s legitimacy. The technology is already included in Internet Explorer 7 and Opera 8 and certainly looks like a step in the right direction—for the companies that are able to get […]

You can keep your computer more secure by taking these simple steps. We’ve all heard of the dangers. Cyber stalkers, phishers, scammers and hackers have dedicated themselves to all sorts of mischief from stealing passwords and money to crashing our hard drives. Malicious spyware and adware can track your surfing and Internet activities, allowing companies […]

It seems like every time people get together to do something about a security problem, other people get together to whine about it.
Now they’re whining about EV (Extended Validation) SSL Certificates: EV certs are a scheme by Microsoft to screw other browser vendors. They’re an attempt by certificate authorities to gouge Web site operators. They’re […]

I had a bit of time between jousting with other frantic last-minute Christmas shoppers and relaxing with my family to build some optimized versions of the recent Firefox maintenance release, nee version 2.0.0.1.
What’s new?
firefoxThe release notes on what’s new shows that this release is mainly bug fixes and security updates. If you want all of […]

In 2007, Internet Explorer 6 will almost certainly lose its crown as the most popular Web browser after holding the title for many, many years. Since IE6 was launched in 2001, its leadership has not seriously been challenged. The release of Firefox two years ago certainly gave Microsoft a much needed kick in the pants […]

Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers. Microsoft and independent security researchers, however, tried to play down the risk from the flaw, which was posted on a Russian site recently and […]

Even though an update was released earlier this week, Mozilla’s Firefox browser remains plagued by 20 bugs when run in Windows Vista.
According to the release notes of Firefox 2.0.0.1, the edition issued Tuesday, the browser hasn’t yet been given the all-clear for Vista. Among problems still on the list: Firefox cannot be set as the […]

Some of us had great hopes for Internet Explorer 7. We were hoping that it would offer great support for Web standards, perhaps even on par with that of the leaders in the Web browser arena. Our hopes were slowly smothered as IE 7 moved from beta-beta to real-beta to release-candidate to release version.
In the […]

Mozilla on Tuesday released updates to fix at least eight security vulnerabilities in its Firefox Web browser and related software. Five of the eight flaws received a "critical" label, meaning that an attacker could exploit them to break into machines running vulnerable versions of the software.

Antivermins is a new member of the growing family of fake antispyware applications that ask for money in order to "fix" either fake or overblown security issues (such as making out that cookies are somehow a serious issue).
The scanner which detects problems with your system is free but the fake "fix" utility is commercial […]