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Researcher warns of Android browser vulnerability
News A Google spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Monday that the company was "working on a browser software patch for Android" and "co-ordinating with T-Mobile on a plan to soon deliver this update over-the-air to customers' G1 handsets" — the HTC-made G1...
[October 27, 2008, 12:59]
Firefox top for bugs in 2008, but quickest at fixes
News Mozilla reported more vulnerabilities in its Firefox web browser last year than Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera combined, but it dealt with those flaws quicker than Microsoft, according to a new report by vulnerability-testing company Secunia.
[March 6, 2009, 15:20]
Flaw reported in updated Firefox
News Vulnerability researcher Ronald van den Heetkamp published a directory traversal flaw in Firefox version 2.0.0.12 on Friday, hours after the release of the latest version of the browser. In the vulnerability we make use of the 'view-source:' scheme...
[February 11, 2008, 11:48]
Opera fixes IDN 'vulnerability'
News To specifically address the IDN vulnerability, Opera's updated browser will only display certain TLDs that have been registered with the company. The Mozilla Foundation last week updated its Firefox Web browser to fix the IDN vulnerability, among...
[February 28, 2005, 8:20]
Microsoft denies spoofing is a security flaw
News Microsoft has denied that a spoofing technique available on its Internet Explorer browser is a security vulnerability. Our investigation has indicated that this is not a security vulnerability. The company advised users to check that the URL in the...
[November 2, 2004, 13:44]
Security firms round on IE
News The comments come after a glut of critical vulnerabilities were discovered in Internet Explorer, and after a delay of nearly four weeks between the very public disclosure of a critical vulnerability in the browser and the roll-out of a software...
[October 10, 2003, 16:10]
Second Firefox 2 bug discovered
News The vulnerability lies in the way the open-source browser handles JavaScript code. The vulnerability could help crooks mask phishing scams, the type of attack Microsoft designed the browser to thwart.
[November 2, 2006, 9:50]
Zero-day flaw found in Firefox 3.5
News There is a critical JavaScript vulnerability in the Firefox 3.5 web browser, Mozilla has warned. Proof-of-concept code to exploit the vulnerability has been posted online by a security research group, Mozilla said in a post on its security blog on...
[July 15, 2009, 12:25]
Flaws dog Microsoft, despite IE patch
News Microsoft released a patch late Thursday for a pair of "critical" security holes in its Internet Explorer Web browser but was still investigating a widely publicised vulnerability in its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems.
[April 2, 2002, 10:35]
IE flaw puts credit card info at risk
News The vulnerability exists within IE 5.5 and 6.0, but earlier browser editions "may or may not be affected," according to a security bulletin posted to Microsoft's Web site on Thursday. But through the vulnerability, an outside Web site or email...
[November 12, 2001, 9:42]
Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered
News A vulnerability in Firefox could make users of the open source browser more likely to fall for phishing scams. I think it's unlikely that we'll see hackers rush to exploit this vulnerability," said Emm.
[January 5, 2005, 14:30]
Firefox attack code published
News A security vulnerability that could cause the browser to appear to hang has already been pinpointed in that version, but Mozilla says it is a minor problem. The vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 1.0.5, released in July, and in Mozilla Suite 1.7.9...
[December 14, 2005, 8:20]
Massive IE phishing exploit discovered
News The vulnerability is caused by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the DHTML Edit ActiveX control, but because the flaw is within the browser, it can be used against any Web site, Secunia said. A vulnerability researcher posted details of a...
[December 17, 2004, 12:10]
Auntie used as bait in spyware scheme
News The Web sites take advantage of the vulnerability in Microsoft's Web browser to install a keystroke logger on vulnerable computers, according to security firm Websense. This link leads to a forged BBC Web page where the malicious software is...
[March 31, 2006, 9:25]
IE spoofing flaw adds to Windows' woes
News An unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer could aid fraudsters in pulling off phishing scams, experts have warned. Secunia has confirmed that the vulnerability affects IE 6.0 on Windows XP with all current security patches.
[April 7, 2006, 9:15]
Think vulnerabilities only happen in IE? Think again
News Secunia has reported, and Mozilla has confirmed, an information disclosure vulnerability in the Firefox browser - including the latest update (version 1.0.2), which is only a few weeks old (released March 21).
[April 12, 2005, 13:35]
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Security Patch Template and Forms
Downloads This update eliminates the "Browser Print Template" vulnerability by ensuring that Web sites cannot execute Print Templates without user permission. The "File Upload via Form" vulnerability is eliminated by preventing Web forms from uploading files...
[November 22, 2000, 6:00]
Microsoft claims IE7 launch success
News There is a vulnerability, but in Outlook Express, not IE, Christopher Budd, a Microsoft security response representative, wrote on a corporate Microsoft blog on Thursday. Aside from the vulnerability report, there was another security alarm.
[October 20, 2006, 9:10]
2004: Internet Explorer's year of shame
News Small businesses should be seriously looking at alternatives because they are less likely to be able to maintain very good security around the browser with vulnerability management. Today, developers of Mozilla released a fix for a vulnerability...
[July 9, 2004, 10:45]
Government says Finnish with IE 6
News The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) said users should adopt a different browser as it issued a high-risk warning over the Bofra vulnerability, for which an exploit was released within a few days of publication.
[November 26, 2004, 12:35]
