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Monday, 8. January 2007, 22:06:13
Security Fix spent the past several weeks compiling statistics on how long it took some of the major software vendors to issue patches for security flaws in their products. Since Windows is the most-used operating system in the world, it makes sense to lead off with data on Microsoft's security updates in 2006.
Friday, 5. January 2007, 20:42:34
Secunia Advisory: SA23613
Release Date: 2007-01-05
Critical: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software: Opera 9.x
Thursday, 9. November 2006, 02:14:14
- Highly critical - From remote
Issued 16 hours ago.
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla SeaMonkey, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
Friday, 3. November 2006, 20:21:51
Secunia Advisory: SA22542
Release Date: 2006-10-25
Last Update: 2006-10-31
Critical: Less critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
CVE reference: CVE-2006-5544 (Secunia mirror)
A weakness has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks.
The problem is that it's possible to display a popup with a somewhat spoofed address bar where a number of special characters have been appended to the URL. This makes it possible to only display a part of the address bar, which may trick users into performing certain unintended actions.
Secunia has constructed a demonstration, which is available at: http://secunia.com/
Secunia Advisory: SA22628
Release Date: 2006-10-30
Critical: Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
CVE reference: CVE-2004-1155 (Secunia mirror)
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer 7, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of websites.
The problem is that a website can inject content into another site's window if the target name of the window is known. This can e.g. be exploited by a malicious website to spoof the content of a pop-up window opened on a trusted website.
This is related to: SA13251
Secunia has constructed a test, which can be used to check if your browser is affected by this issue: http://secunia.com/
The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 7.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2.
Solution: Do not browse untrusted sites while browsing trusted sites.
Secunia Advisory: SA22477
Release Date: 2006-10-19
Critical: Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs with the "mhtml:" URI handler. This can be exploited to access documents served from another web site.
Secunia has constructed a test, which is available at: http://secunia.com/
Secunia has confirmed the vulnerability on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 7.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2. Other versions may also be affected.
Monday, 23. October 2006, 18:34:29
Opera started out as a research project in Norway's largest telecom company, Telenor, in 1994, and branched out into an independent development company named Opera Software ASA in 1995. Opera Software develops the Opera Web browser, a high-quality, multi-platform product for a wide range of platforms, operating systems and embedded Internet products.
Opera's vision is to deliver the best Internet experience on any device. Opera's key business objective is to earn global leadership in the market for PC/desktops and embedded products. Opera's main business strategy is to provide a browser that operates across devices, platforms and operating systems, and can deliver a faster, more stable and flexible Internet experience than its competitors.
Read more about Opera's Vision.
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Why Use Camino?
The Camino Project has worked to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.
Camino combines the awesome visual and behavioral experience that has been central to the Macintosh philosophy with the powerful web-browsing capabilities of the Gecko rendering engine. Built and tested by thousands of volunteers, Mozilla’s Gecko brings cutting-edge innovations and capabilities to users in a standards-friendly and socially responsible form.
Sure, you can use a typical web browser, with typical features. Or you can use a browser that “also” supports the Mac. Or you can use a browser you have to pay for. What if there was one that offered everything, for free?
That browser is Camino. Camino makes your web experience more productive, more efficient, more secure, and more fun. It looks and feels like a Mac OS X application should, because it was designed exclusively for Mac OS X and the high standards set by Mac users. You’ll see the entire internet the way it was intended. Camino is the browser that gets out of your way, and that means Camino users need not worry about things they shouldn’t have to.
Learn more about the Camino features.
Go to Camino website.
Konqueror is the file manager for the K Desktop Environment. It supports basic file management on local UNIX filesystems, from simple cut/copy and paste operations to advanced remote and local network file browsing.
Konqueror is the canvas for all the latest KDE technology, from KIO slaves (which provide mechanisms for file access) to component embedding via the KParts object interface, and it is one of the most customizable applications available.
Konqueror is an Open Source web browser with HTML 4.01 compliance, supporting Java applets, JavaScript, CSS 1, CSS 2.1, as well as Netscape plugins (for example, Flash or RealVideo plugins).
Konqueror is a universal viewing application, capable of embedding read-only viewing components in itself to view documents without ever launching another application.
Dowload Konqueror Browser.
Go to Konqueror website.
Formed on August 3, 2005, Mozilla Corporation oversees the development and distribution of Mozilla technologies and products, including the popular and award-winning Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird email client. Mozilla Corporation relies on the talents of a core group of employees, as well as a vast community of worldwide contributors, to build and deliver great, user-friendly products.
Mozilla Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation. Established in July, 2003, the Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote choice and innovation on the Internet. The Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for the Mozilla open source software project, and governs the actions of Mozilla Corporation.
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Brief Description
Microsoft® Windows® Internet Explorer 7 is a major step forward in security and privacy protection, end-user experiences, and platform advances for Web and application developers. As you read through this paper, you'll learn about the important capabilities of this exciting new version. Read the Technology Overview to learn more.
Download Internet Explorer 7 Browser.
Go to Microsoft website.
Saturday, 21. October 2006, 19:58:26
By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 02:00 PM EST on Thursday, October 19 2006.
Security enhancements that will protect users of Apple Computer's forthcoming Safari 3.0 Web browser from malicious websites have already begun to appear in the latest builds of the company's next-generation Leopard operating system.
According to published reports, the "anti-phishing" features, first described by AppleInsider last week, are accessible to developers testing the latest pre-release distribution of Leopard, build 9A283.
Through interaction with Google's AntiTrust database, Safari 3.0 is able to automatically detecting "phishy" or deceitful website URLs. It then notifies the user via a dialog box, webpage overlay, or a combination of the two.
Read the whole article.
Go to AppleInsider website.
For the forthcoming version 9.1 of the browser, Opera developers are planning to add in phishing protection, comparable to the anti-phishing functions in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2. Each time a website is surfed for the first time Opera will submit the site to a checking service, hosted on the Opera servers, which accesses databases supplied by GeoTrust. The browser submits the domain and the hash value of the complete URL.
Read the whole article.
Go to Heise Security website.
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All organizations need to be properly defended, says Sophos.
German authorities crack down on illegal online activities.
Sophos urges users to think before they click as spam reaches its 30th anniversary.
Paul Ducklin gives keynote address at Computer Anti-Virus Researchers' Organization event.
Israeli private investigation business used spyware to steal information from firms.
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