Microsoft Steps Up IE8 Security
Microsoft has announced that it will beef up malware filtering and anti-cross-site scripting tools in the next build of its IE8 browser slated to arrive sometime in August.
Browsers ArchiveJuly 3, 2008
Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:35 PM/CST
May 6, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:24 PM/CST
Yahoo Ships Silent Fix for ActiveX FlawYahoo has silently pushed out a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting users of its Yahoo Assistant browser add-on. According to an alert from "Sowhat," a researcher at Nevis Labs, the vulnerability "allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:18 AM/CST
Big Vendors Still Very Tardy on Fixing Security FlawsSome of the biggest names in the IT software business still are very lax when it comes to fixing security holes reported by third-party brokers. According to a list maintained by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Computer Associates... April 28, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008 12:39 PM/CST
Curse of the HP Software UpdaterHewlett-Packard's ongoing struggle to keep its software updater free of serious ActiveX control vulnerabilities is showing no signs of letting up. According to a "highly critical" alert issued by Secunia, the HP Software Update package pre-installed on notebooks contains... April 24, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:21 PM/CST
Fraud Protection Comes to Opera BrowserThe latest refresh of Opera's flagship Web browser comes with several crucial security features. With Opera 9.5 Beta 2 (code-named Kestrel), the Norwegian company has added fraud-protection capabilities and support for EV SSL (Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates...
Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:31 PM/CST
Blue Hat: Token Kidnapping, Browser Security on Front BurnerSoftware engineers at Microsoft will get a front-row seat to hear about an unpatched Windows security hole that was once pooh-poohed as a "design issue" that shouldn't be seen as a security vulnerability. At the Spring edition of Redmond's... April 23, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:13 AM/CST
Another Batch of Safari Vulnerabilities ExposedApple's Safari browser is beginning to look like a bullet-ridden car in Iraq. According to a warning posted to security mailing lists, there are multiple security flaws in Safari 3.1.1 that put users at risk of ID-theft spoofing attacks or,... April 21, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008 4:05 PM/CST
Obama Site Hacked, Redirected to HillaryClinton.comHackers are having fun exposing security holes in Barack Obama's official campaign site. According to a post over at XSSed.com, a site that catalogs cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, one of the multiple holes in Obama's site was exploited to redirect...
Monday, April 21, 2008 11:58 AM/CST
Rock Phish Gang Adds Crimeware Trojan to ArsenalThe notorious Rock Phish gang is pushing the envelope again, adding a sophisticated crimeware Trojan to its identity theft arsenal. The Russian group, which is responsible for about half of all phishing attacks, is now doing browser-based drive-by attacks... April 19, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:33 PM/CST
PayPal: Safari Not Among 'Unsafe Browsers'Over on Twitter, during a discussion on PayPal's plan to ban "unsafe browsers," I suggested there was no way the company would risk blocking Safari connections. Can't afford to alienate iPhone and the mobile transaction market. Woke up this... 
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