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Story: Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered
Posted by: Camper (Friday 7 January 2005, 5:32 PM)
I use both Firefox and IE, and while IE is plauged on an ancient Egyptian scale, let's just remember that IE makes up a huge percentage of the market right now because it is shipped with Windoze. Because of that fact slimeball phishers and script-kiddies are going to focus the most attention at IE because they have a higher success rate there. People seem to think that because Firefox has no blatant (as of yet) secuirty holes that it's the browser to end all browsers and everyone else should just hang up their gloves. If the "hacker" (and I use that term loosely) community focused as much attention at Firefox as they did other browsers, you can rest assured that vulnerabilities would be found or created. Open source makes that job just that much easier. In the end it basically comes down to who can or cannot be duped. I think simply personal preference will determine the market. Peace.
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Story: Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered
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A security vulnerability..??? this is a ridicul... Pete Molina -
This article by Ingrid Marson and the opinion... Abe -
Ooooh.. I'm frightened!! I guess I'll switch... Ossama Khayat
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All I Have To Say Is Firefox Is The Best... Jason -
I agree, Pete, that the vulnerability in Fire... Graeme Wearden
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Firefox without a doubt, is the best and... Webx -
USE FIREFOX ITS MILES AND MILES AHE... robd
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Microsoft is waiting for one person to be caught i... The Way
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Big deal! This is only one problem compared to the... Anonymous
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If this vulnerability had been identified in IE, t... Anonymous
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Ouch! 'Users are smart enough to choose their... philbert
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Lets face it, not everyone out there is a Web... B B
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I think it's important to put things in conte... Anonymous
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The simple solution is often the best,JU... Voodoodoctor
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There is no reason to believe that Firefox is actu... Anonymous
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Critical mass FUD is the typical reaction of... Arthur B.
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Firefox will always be more secure than Inter... john_t
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It doesn't matter at all if only a couple of... Sebastián Benítez
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Ok, had a quick read of some of these replies... fieldyweb
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I have to reply to the above comment, be... Webx
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can't believe it!
But where's the PoC? :) Anonymous
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Firefox is undoubtedly a better and more secu... Seb
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I've used Firefox since the Phoenix days. Noone e... Killian
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I use both Firefox and IE, and while IE is pl... Camper -
Ok so there is a flaw. So what? How many flaws h... Simon Buckner
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Nice to see an area in IT where Microsoft doesn't... Bill
