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The web browser is sick ??? but where???s the cure?

2008-08-14 11:11:14 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...browser is one of those peculiar pieces of software, having to accept input from arbitrary sources and then parse and render the data that is sent to it. Part of this it does by itself, and other parts are taken care of by handlers and plug-ins. In doing so, it displays hypertext, images, videos, and even runs active content like Flash,...
 
Tags: browser, web browser, browser appears, browser security, web, content, runs active content, web page, system controls
 
 
 
 
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Are you using the latest web browser?

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2008-07-16 13:24:00 by Panayiotis Mavrommatis in Google Online Security Blog
...browser. By analyzing the web browser versions seen in visits to Google websites, they have shown that more than 600 million Internet users don't use the latest version of their browser Slow migration to latest browser version The researchers' paper, entitled "Understanding the Web Browser Threat" , shows that as of June 2008, only 59.1%...
 
Tags: browser, web browser, browser version, versions, secure versions, obsolete browser, web browser versions, web browser users, web
 
 
 
 
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Are you using the latest web browser?

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2008-07-16 13:24:00 by Panayiotis Mavrommatis in Google Online Security Blog
...browser. By analyzing the web browser versions seen in visits to Google websites, they have shown that more than 600 million Internet users don't use the latest version of their browser Slow migration to latest browser version The researchers' paper, entitled "Understanding the Web Browser Threat" , shows that as of June 2008, only 59.1%...
 
Tags: browser, web browser, browser version, versions, secure versions, obsolete browser, web browser versions, web browser users, web
 
 
 
 
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The web browser is sick but wheres the cure?

2008-08-14 11:11:14 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...browser is one of those peculiar pieces of software, having to accept input from arbitrary sources and then parse and render the data that is sent to it. Part of this it does by itself, and other parts are taken care of by handlers and plug-ins. In doing so, it displays hypertext, images, videos, and even runs active content like Flash,...
 
Tags: browser, web browser, browser appears, web, cure, browser security, content, runs active content, browsers cure
 
 
 
 
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Google's New Browser

2008-09-03 10:59:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...browser called Chrome What does that mean from an Information Security perspective Not very much and a lot, depending if you are looking at the short term or long term So, lets get into the short term - there is a new browser. It will have bugs and vulnerabilities. These will be exploited Most of the browser is based on webkit which is...
 
Tags: google, trust, trust google, browser, google account, google stock, choose google, information security perspective, information
 
 
 
 
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Clickjacking causing Browser woes

2008-10-12 23:16:28 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...browser vulnerabilities discovered to date. Every browser is vulnerable, even those that can defend against the similar Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability How clickjacking works: when you visit a compromised web site, your browser loads an invisible button that hovers below the mouse pointer. When you visit a legitimate site...
 
Tags: browser, site, similar cross site, invisible button, web site, browser loads, whitehat security, malicious code, visit
 
 
 
 
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Web Camouflage: Protecting Your Clients from Browser-Sniffing Attacks

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Browser cache and history are intended to be private, yet it's not difficult for malicious Web sites to "sniff" cache entries on visitors' computers and then use that information to more accurately deceive them. The authors' approach neutralizes the threat of URLs being discovered on client computers
 
Tags: malicious web sites, computers, client computers, browser cache, cache entries, accurately deceive, authors, history, threat
 
 
 
 
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Apple updates Safari browser, busts 13 bugs

2008-03-18 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Apple today released an updated version of its Safari Web browser that offers a speed increase as well as fixes for 13 vulnerabilities
 
Tags: safari web browser, apple, speed increase, vulnerabilities, offers, version, fixes
 
 
 
 
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Research fingers ActiveX, QuickTime as buggiest browser plug-ins

2008-04-11 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft's ActiveX technology, which is primarily used to create add-ins for Internet Explorer, accounted for the vast majority of browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the second half of 2007, according to Symantec
 
Tags: browser plug-in vulnerabilities, activex technology, internet explorer, vast majority, half, symantec, primarily, microsoft, add-ins