Friday, June 6th, 2008
Opera has beefed up security in its upcoming Web browser as it looks to challenge Firefox and Internet Explorer in the area of Web security.
Putting a bulls-eye on Web-based threats, the Opera has formed a partnership with Haute Secure, a Seattle-based security vendor founded in 2006, to protect users from ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
For a while now I’ve been using different web browsers to compartmentalize my risk. Most of my primary browsing is in one browser, but I use another for potentially risky activities I want to isolate more. Running different browsers for different sessions isolates certain types of attacks. For example, unless ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
In an unusual move, Microsoft Corp. on Friday warned Windows users to swear off Apple Inc.'s Safari Web browser until a patch is available that plugs holes that could let attackers to compromise computers.
One security researcher noted that Microsoft's public warning -- and Apple's silence on the subject -- are ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Microsoft on Friday said it is investigating reports of "a blended threat that allows remote code execution on all supported versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista when Apple's Safari Web browser has been installed."An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking a user into visiting a maliciously crafted Web ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Web developer Aza Raskin knows we visit Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit and Facebook without even having to ask.
No, he isn't employing privacy violating hackery, but he is exploiting a "cute" information leak in CSS that traditionally displays visited links differently than those that have yet to be visited. By loading in ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The newest version of our favorite open source web browser, Mozilla Firefox 3, offers dozens of new features and fixes, but only a handful will make the most dramatic difference in your everyday browsing. After 17 months of alphas and betas, Mozilla's finally made a feature-complete release candidate available, so ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Most of todays tools for fingerprinting are focusing on server-side services. Well-known and widely-accepted implementations of such utilities are available for http web services, smtp mail server, ftp servers and even telnet daemons. Of course, many attack scenarios are focusing on server-side attacks.
Client-based attacks, especially targeting web clients, are becoming ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
ZoneAlarm ForceField provides a protective layer around your browser, shielding you from drive-by downloads, browser exploits, phishing attempts, spyware and keyloggers. So your passwords, your confidential information, and your financial data remain protected.
While traditional security, such as firewalls, antivirus, and security suites, protects your PC, ZoneAlarm ForceField protects your browser ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
The fundamental problem with two factor (2FA) session authentication is that the approach is vulnerable to Man in the Middle and Man in the Browser attacks. 2FA requires that customers present not only a password (something they know) when they log into online banking, but also demonstrate that they possess ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
In the old days, as our parents frequently love to remind us, life was much simpler. You bought a computer, and when you finally figured out what you wanted to do with it, you assembled a list and went down to your local Egghead for some software. It was straightforward, ...
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