Browser Security News

The time when Internet Explorer, Safari, Netscape, and Firebox as your window to the internet is just about done for. What is going to replace it? Rich internet applications that use components of your desktop and your browser make a more complex security model. The potential of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 is to bring […]

Malicious JavaScript is getting smarter. It’s now able to fingerprint victims’ Web browsers, vulnerable components and accessible CLSIDs, and deliver custom-tailored exploits, according to Dr. Jose Nazario, senior security engineer for Arbor Networks. Nazario was referring to NeoSploit, a new malware tool he’s seen in the wild that carries at least seven distinct exploits to […]

With the estimated release date of Q3 2007 and beta by the end of June, Firefox 3, code-named “Gran Paradiso”, is beginning to generate some buzz around IT water coolers. We’ve done a bit of research to let you know what this relentless browser juggernaut is going to offer once the Mozilla Q&A team signs […]

Among the many improvements that have been touted in the new version the most important are some new tools for better managing your inbox. These include Message Tagging and Message History features.

Some of the leading names in the browser market took to the stage at the Web 2.0 conference here on April 16 to give an update on the state of that technology, and all agreed that security was one of the biggest challenges facing the industry. The panelists, who were tasked with addressing the topic […]

This guide shows how to install three different Internet Explorer versions (6.0, 5.5, and 5.0) on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, Edgy Eft and Dapper Drake desktops. This is good for people such as web designers who have switched to Linux but still need to test their web sites in Internet Explorer. In addition to that, there […]

The lock-and-key icon was broken. The site-authentication image was not there. A security message popped up, warning that the site was not properly certified. And still, more than half of them entered a password and tried to log in.

Opera has released the latest update to its free desktop web browser, version 9.2. The new version adds a number of new features, but the most interesting one is what Opera calls "Speed Dial." Speed Dial is a new method of quickly browsing to a favorite web site. When the user hits the "New Tab" […]

There’s little question that one the biggest drains on productivity is worry. Many of us tend to worry about things that are out of our control. Other times, we worry about things based on tidbits of information we hear. One item that I think too many people worry about is browser cookies. Like many items, […]

An early prototype of The Coop, Mozilla’s new social networking component for Firefox, is now available for user testing. Announced earlier this week, The Coop is designed to integrate support for social networking features directly into the Firefox browser interface. At the present time, the available prototype is extremely limited and simplistic, but it provides […]