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February 12, 2012

Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:25 PM/CST

Mozilla Closes Security Flaw in Firefox 10

Mozilla has closed a serious security vulnerability in its latest Firefox Web browser. Users who have upgraded to Firefox 10 should immediately update the browser.

September 21, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:21 PM/CST

Dutch CA Files for Bankruptcy After Security Breach

Unsurprisingly, DigiNotar has filed for bankruptcy. After major Web browsers and other software companies revoked the certificate authority's keys, it's days were numbered.

August 24, 2011

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:34 PM/CST

Twitter Joins Mandatory HTTPS Club

Twitter will begin rolling out HTTPS by default to users to protect users from session hijacking

July 18, 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011 10:17 AM/CST

Mozilla Patch Firefox to Fix Mac OS X Lion Bug

Mozilla will be releasing an update to Firefox 5 to address a bug in how Mac OS X Lion handle downloadable fonts.

July 15, 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011 2:14 PM/CST

Mozilla BrowserID Handles Logins So Websites Don't Have To

Mozilla releases BrowserID to give Website owners and users an alternative authentication mechanism that is secure

July 12, 2011

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:21 PM/CST

Google+Facebook Extension Security Risk, Potential 'Malware'

A Reddit user has analyzed the Google+Facebook extension for Firefox and Chrome Web browsers and determined potential security issues that could be exploited maliciously.

June 18, 2011

Saturday, June 18, 2011 12:40 PM/CST

Attackers Exploiting Recently Patched Adobe Flash Flaw

Attackers are exploiting the Flash bug that Adobe patched during its quarterly security update. Administrators should not delay in patching the browser plugin.

May 11, 2011

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:01 PM/CST

WebGL Flaw Exposes GPU to DoS, Remote Code Executin Attacks

US-CERT issued a warning that flaws in WebGL 3D rendering engine may allow attackers to use malicious scripts to open back-doors on the compromised machine

March 25, 2011

Friday, March 25, 2011 5:11 PM/CST

Facebook Not Testing A Search Box

Facebook is not testing a search box on top of its pages, and the company suggested that users seeing it may be infected with browser malware.

February 22, 2011

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 9:29 PM/CST

Boy-in-the-Browser Attacks Come Out and Play

Imperva researchers have uncovered a resurgence in boy-in-the-browser attacks.

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