Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
I'm pretty excited by Opera's Userscripts that allow you to write Javascript files that are far richer than greasemonkey Userscripts -which is also supported by Opera- I've written a security plugin for Opera last night, that attempts to mitigate various Javascript attack vectors. But, one problem for writing a security ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
An unpatched bug in Adobe Systems' Flash Player software is being exploited by online criminals, Symantec reported Monday.
Few details on the bug are available, but the flaw lies in the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player browser plugin, which is widely used by Internet surfers to view animated Web ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded thousands of times over the past three months.
Because of a virus infection, the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 was polluted with adware, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder said in a blog ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
My last posting was about upgrading the Adobe Flash Player, a Web browser plug-in. Adobe Systems just released a new version that fixes critical bugs in older versions, so everyone should update to the latest version.
Adobe's Flash tester page displays the version of the Flash Player being used by your ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
I've just recently caught wind of a Firefox plugin called FormFox. Here's the description from the website:
Do you know where your form information is going? This extension displays the form action (the site to which the information you've entered is being sent.) In any place where you can enter data, ...
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