Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Google has confirmed that it is launching Google Chrome, a new web browser. Rumours of a Google browser project had been around since 2004, but a posting on the Blogoscoped site has turned those rumours into something much more tangible. It reported on the arrival of a 38 page comic ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
In my recent Editors' Notes post on Consumer Reports' recommendation that Mac users dump Safari because the Apple browser lacks the anti-phishing tools of Firefox and Opera, I focused on behavioral changes one can make that minimize the risks of phishing attempts. I didn't, however, discuss a relatively simple configuration ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Some new statistics just came out regarding Browser Security, this is more in terms of which users are most likely to apply patches and be using the most secure version.I would have thought Firefox would have been pretty high since the newer series prompt automatically new patches. My only guess ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
A new version of Opera (v9.51) has been released. It fixes couple of security vulnerabilities and some stability issues. One of the fixed issues includes arbitrary code execution but the exploit has not been published yet.Source:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4666&rss
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Internet Explorer's getting a little bit safer. Microsoft Wednesday unveiled significant new security features that will be in the next version of the company's Web browser, Internet Explorer 8, currently in public beta testing.
From Microsoft's standpoint, any improvement in security is a plus, and the company seems to be taking ...
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