Thursday, July 27, 2006

Browser vulnerabilities

Opera 9.0 - New HTTPS vulnerability

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable browser or potentially take complete control of an affected system.

Read about the warning HERE.

Trojan Spoofs Firefox Extension, Steals IDs

An identity-stealing keylogger that disguises itself as a Firefox extension and installs silently in the background was discovered Tuesday by security vendor McAfee. The "FormSpy" Trojan horse monitors mouse movements and key presses to steal online banking or credit card usernames and passwords, other login information, and URLs typed into Firefox

Mozilla is expected today to release a new version of Firefox today, 1.5.0.5, that includes about a dozen security updates as well as stability fixes.

Read about the warning HERE.

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