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Information about your favorite browser: news, articles and more.
Archive for March, 2009
Zero day Firefox memory corruption exploit found in the wild
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, FirefoxA Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Firefox exploit that leverages a previously unknown memory corruption vulnerability in the popular browser has turned up on a well-known exploit archive site.
IE8 security stops memory bypass attacks
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, SecurityWhen Mark Dowd and Alex Sotirov demonstrated a technique for bypassing Vista’s memory protections at Black Hat last year, the security community was stunned. Microsoft officials said at the time they were working on ways to defeat the pair’s attack and now that protection has arrived, in the form of Internet Explorer 8.
Time to disable Windows autorun?
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilitiesworried about Windows autorun exploits, security company Panda has come up with a utility that turns the function off. There is, of course, a manual way to do this by delving into the registry using Regedit, but this seems simpler and less fraught with unwanted side effects.
Is IE8 Already in Need of a Security Patch?
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, SecurityMicrosoft confirmed it is looking into a potentially dangerous security hole in newly shipped Internet Explorer 8, but played down as speculation that the shipping version of IE8 is at serious risk of attack.
Firefox fix due next week after attack is published
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Firefox, Mozilla, SecurityOnline attack code has been released targeting a critical, unpatched flaw in the Firefox browser. The attack code, written by security researcher Guido Landi, was published on several security sites Wednesday, sending Firefox developers scrambling to patch the flaw.
10 IE Browser Settings for Safer Surfing
Closed Published March 25th, 2009 in Browser Security, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, SecurityAsk a room full of security practitioners for a list of security settings that’ll make Internet Explorer (IE) safe to use and you’ll either hear laughter or advice to get a new browser like Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari or Google Chrome.
Rogue antivirus software pays off for scammers
Closed Published March 25th, 2009 in Browser Security, Google, SecurityOnline scammers are making a lucrative business out of redirecting visitors from legitimate Web sites to sites that try install rogue antivirus software, according to a report due to be released by security firm Finjan on Monday.
Top 5 most useful Firefox add ons
Closed Published March 25th, 2009 in Browser Security, Firefox, Google, Internet Explorer AddonsYou know those annoying ” 1 2 3 4 5 ” pagination buttons at the end of each page of results? This awesome plugin does away with them, making websites one long scrolling result.
Chrome 2.0 beta is speedy, still falling behind in features
Closed Published March 25th, 2009 in Browser Security, GoogleHistorically, moving from a 1.x to 2.0 version suggests a host of new improvements. Sadly in Google’s case, their Chrome 1.0 moving to 2.0 is just a marketing trick like the one we saw three months ago when Google removed the BETA label and proclaimed Chrome to be a finished product.
Internet Explorer 8 Is Microsofts First Truly Modern Browser
Closed Published March 25th, 2009 in Browser Security, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8Microsoft made the latest version of Internet Explorer available as a free download Thursday. You can grab Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista or Windows XP (but not Windows 7) at microsoft.com/ie8.
