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IE plus Firefox equals 'critical' security risk

Firefox combined with Internet Explorer on the same desktop opens up a zero day vulnerability that is highly critical, according to security researchers. Read more »

Hacker backpedals on Firefox zero-day

A hacker who claimed to have found a serious zero-day bug in Firefox now says he was never able to exploit the supposed vulnerability to hijack computers. Read more »

'Dangerous' Flash exploit can infect by stealth

A Flash flaw discovered this month could change the face of Web security by allowing criminals to infect users of any browser or operating system with malware — without making their browser or application crash. Read more »

Mozilla unleashes Firefox patch threesome

Mozilla has released Firefox version 2.0.0.10, an update which addresses three high-impact security vulnerabilities. Read more »

Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake log-in pages?

Mozilla's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords. Read more »

Google plans 'Chrome' browser

Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new Web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project. Read more »

Firefox vulnerable to spoofing flaw

Vulnerabilities discovered in Mozilla's Firefox browser last week could be exploited to steal usernames and passwords. Read more »

A new denial-of-service bug found in Firefox 2

A second security flaw that could cause the new Firefox 2 browser to crash has been publicly disclosed. Read more »

Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox

The open-source Firefox Web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said Saturday afternoon in the US. Read more »

Firefox tool gets slick

Rip, mix--get burned? Read more »

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Clickjacking: Potentially harmful web browser exploit

Clickjacking has the potential to redirect unknowing users to malicious websites or even spy on them. We all need to be aware of clickjacking and how to avoid its trappings. Read more »

Why interactive site features can conflict with security

Interactive features on Web sites can offer great benefits to users, but may conflict with security concerns. We look at the ongoing war between interactive Web site features and better browser security. Read more »

Safe browser an oxymoron?

In November 2003, the CERT Coordination Center first advised Web users to consider using a Web browser other than Microsoft Internet Explorer. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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