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Facebook banner ad serves an IE exploit

Unpatched PCs running Internet Explorer could fall victim to adware when visiting social networking site Facebook. Read more »

Exploit code chases two Firefox flaws

Two vulnerabilities in the popular Firefox browser have been rated 'extremely critical' because exploit code is now available to take advantage of them. Read more »

Exploit code makes IE flaw more dangerous

The threat posed by a critical flaw in Internet Explorer has been ratcheted up by the release of a program designed to exploit the vulnerability, security researchers warned on Thursday. Read more »

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 »

IE7 being developed to resist hijackers

The next version of Microsoft's much criticised Internet Explorer browser is being built to resist hijacking attempts by spyware and other malicious software, according to a Microsoft developer. Read more »

Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flaw

A zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a vulnerability in the Windows cursor could be spreading rapidly. Read more »

IE 7 bugs abound

People didn't lose any time in finding bugs in the latest preview release of Internet Explorer 7. Read more »

Microsoft exec kicks off new browser security war

Internet Explorer is more secure than Firefox, according to a senior Microsoft executive, who compared how many vulnerabilities were found in the two browsers -- but critics say his study is flawed. Read more »

iDefense offers bounty for Vista and IE7 flaws

Security intelligence and analysis company iDefense is to offer an US$8,000 bounty for vulnerabilities found in Vista and Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Read more »

IE also affected by US$10,000 QuickTime bug

The security flaw used to breach a MacBook in a hack-a-Mac competition last week also affects Internet Explorer on Windows PCs 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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