Browser Flaws Articles

Microsoft IE8 to have more defenses

Sue Marquette Poremba July 07, 2008

For the upcoming version of Internet Explorer 8.0 (IE8), Microsoft has hinted at a number of security improvements.
 

Firefox, Opera push out security updates

Dan Kaplan July 03, 2008

Internet Explorer alternatives Mozilla Firefox and Opera this week pushed out security updates.
 

MIcrosoft investigating IE6 vulnerability claim

Dan Kaplan June 27, 2008

A Chinese research team has discovered a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 that is being actively exploited to possibly steal credentials and hijack browser sessions.
 

Millions of downloads -- and the first critical bug -- in Firefox 3

Dan Kaplan June 19, 2008

As the Mozilla community marched toward a supposed world record of downloads of Firefox 3, researchers from TippingPoint announced a critical vulnerability affecting the day-old browser.
 

Proof-of-concept revealed for Safari for Windows bug

Dan Kaplan June 09, 2008

A security researcher has published proof-of-concept code for the blended Internet Explorer-Safari for Windows threat.
 

Microsoft warns over Safari "carpet bomb" attack

Dan Kaplan June 02, 2008

Microsoft is warning Windows XP and Vista users who have installed Safari on their machines that a blended attack could result in malicious code being installed.
 

Safari browser may have download flaw

Sue Marquette Poremba May 19, 2008

Apple's Safari browser appears to have a vulnerability in the download mechanism, according to a security researcher.
 

Microsoft investigates new Internet Explorer zero-day

Dan Kaplan May 16, 2008

A security researcher said he has located a zero-day vulnerability in a printing feature on Internet Explorer that could allow remote attackers to execute malicious code.
 

Asprox botnet malware morphs

Sue Marquette Poremba May 15, 2008

The Asprox botnet, initially exclusively used for phishing scams, is now an SQL injection vector for website attacks.
 

Microsoft shoots back on Vista claim

Chuck Miller May 13, 2008

Microsoft has refuted the claim by PC Tools that Windows 2000 is less susceptible to malware than Vista.
 
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