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Private browsing tools still leave data trail

Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari all have holes that could let a local attacker view data about a user's browsing activity, according to researchers Read more

9 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner
How Secure is Your Browser?

How Secure is Your Browser?

Qualys CTO, the presenter talks about research which clearly shows that browser security is alarmingly bad. Browsers and plug-ins are frequently outdated and... Read more

22 March, 2011
Implementing PassCard - A CardSpace-Based Password Manager

Implementing PassCard - A CardSpace-Based Password Manager

...corresponding websites. PassCard does not require any changes to login servers, default browser security settings or to the CardSpace identity selector and, in particular, it... Read more

20 December, 2010
Windows 7 Video Training - Intermediate Level 1.0

Windows 7 Video Training - Intermediate Level 1.0

...Parental Controls Chapter 4 Configuring Internet Explorer 8 Configuring Browser settings Configuring browser security Chapter 5 Customizing Networks Sharing files and folders Advanced sharing permissions... Read more

24 August, 2010

Firefox 4 patch fixes more than 50 bugs

First security update for Firefox 4... Read more

3 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Microsoft on Browser Security - an Oxymoron

...Microsoft has put up a web page which purports to "evaluate your browser security". In fact what it does it look at what specific browser... Read more

13 October, 2011

Apple promises fix for browser security flaw

...Apple says that it has a fix for the browser security flaw discovered earlier this week on its iOS-powered devices. After... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Internet Explorer tops browser security tests

Independent tests from NSS Labs have shown IE9 to be by far the most secure browser on the market, successfully filtering almost every socially engineered piece of malware it encounters Read more

16 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Researcher releases browser security tool

A researcher in Poland had made a tool that finds bugs in browsers available to the public, warning that it has helped detect an unplugged vulnerability in Internet Explorer Read more

4 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Apple releases iOS update with browser security fix

The company has released iOS 4.0.2 to patch the security flaw in its Safari browser on iOS-powered devices, which was discovered through jailbreak software Read more

12 August, 2010 by Topher Kessler

iOS browser vulnerability worries security experts

...The new browser security flaw in iPhones, iPods and iPads could be more dangerous than... Read more

6 August, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Book review: The Tangled Web

...of the web, which examines everything from URLs to browser plug-ins; browser security features; and future trends. Each is subdivided into many more sections... Read more

12 March, 2012

Enisa: W3C web standards pose 51 security threats

...context. – Giles Hogben, Enisa Another possible attack outlined by Enisa turns a browser security feature — a sandbox — into a method of subverting HTML 5 security... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2

At MIX11 Microsoft promised that there would be new Platform Preview releases of Internet Explorer 10 every 12 weeks or... Read more

4 July, 2011

Google patches six vulnerabilities in Chrome release

...attacker to read or modify data belonging to other websites and modify browser security features. Two of them were use-after-free bugs, two were... Read more

26 March, 2011

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