Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Our research team has identified a web-based attack technique that exploits the growing number of applications that require a web server being run on a local machine. Cross-Environment Hopping (CEH) is a result of this trend combined with the current limitations in browsers’ same-origin policy access restrictions.
The CEH technique enables ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Since launch last week in excess of 17.3 million downloads of Firefox 3 have taken place.
The browser saw 8 million downloads within the first 24-hours of its release, more than ever downloaded in a single day before and a statistic currently being considered for inclusion within the Guinness Book of ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Whenever we’re asked “when is Firefox going to be released” we endeavor to answer to the best of our abilities, but the truth of the matter is that we’ll only ever ship “when it’s ready”. We have a lot of indicators that help us understand when the product is ready ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
A hacker has posted attack code that exploits critical flaws in the Safari and Internet Explorer Web browsers.
The source code, along with a demo of the attack, was posted Sunday on a computer security blog. It can be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's machine, and could be ...
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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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