Firefox nieuws week 47
Nu de kritieke update van Internet Explorer 6 eindelijk wordt verspreid en Firefox 2.0 is vrijgegeven is het weer druk met vergelijkingen van IE7 met Ff2. Een van de functies die beide browsers met de nieuwste versie bieden is een 'phishing' bescherming. Zoals te verwachten, Ff doet het toch even iets beter.
26 november
Firefox password manager is not secure Computeractive - London,UK The automatic password manager in the Firefox web browser is not secure, according to a report on the software maker's website. ...
Firefox, IE7 Vulnerable to Fake Log-in IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA Both Firefox and Microsoft IE 7 are vulnerable to a form of fake log-in attack that was used in a MySpace scam last month. Researcher ... See all stories on this topic
Meme screening TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA I like the FireFox browser since it puts that search toolbar down next to the status bar and lets you click through a web page finding multiple instances of ...
25 november
Phishing potentiality affects Safari, Firefox password storage MacFixIt (subscription) - Portland,OR,USA Heise Security reports on a phishing vulnerability caused by Firefox's password manager. In a nutshell, because Firefox has the ...
Review: disgo lite 1GB Mobile Digest - London,England,UK ... The good news here is that there is a ton of free, trial and retail software to choose from including Firefox and Thunderbird, Open Office, VLC, Skype, WinRAR ...
Firefox has a password flaw USA Today - USA The Internet browser Firefox 2 has a problem with its "password manager" that could allow a hacker to obtain usernames and passwords from Firefox users ... See all stories on this topic
French MPs dump Windows for Linux Silicon.com - UK ... and Bernard Carayon of the UMP party, will see 1,154 French parliamentary workstations running on an Open Source OS, with OpenOffice.org, Firefox and an open ... See all stories on this topic
24 november
TITLE: Firefox Password Manager Information Disclosure SecuObs - France DESCRIPTION: Robert Chapin has discovered a vulnerability in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks. ... See all stories on this topic
IE 7 Less Vulnerable than Firefox 2? Techtree.com - Mumbai,India According to reports, Mozilla Firefox 2 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (IE) are both vulnerable to a bug that steals the login-id and password of users ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox 2 a Reliable Alternative to Safari TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA So, what's Firefox 2's killer feature? ... For the rest of us, there are several quality Web browsers to choose from, and Firefox 2 certainly holds its own. ...
Mpire Announces New Firefox Plugin Wired Blogs - USA Online shopping site Mpire has released a new Firefox plugin that lets you compare prices at nearly 200 retailers from any page. ...
Firefox Password Manager Information Disclosure Secunia - UK Robert Chapin has discovered a vulnerability in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks. ...
23 november
CIS finds flaws in Firefox 2.0 password manager Help Net Security - Croatia Chapin Information Services has discovered a new flaw in the Mozilla Firefox web browser that exposes saved passwords to clever attackers. ...
Firefox gives passwords away DigitalJournal.com - Canada The problem comes about because FireFox supplies the username and password stored on one page on a domain to another page on a domain. ...
Unpatched Flaw Means Firefox Passwords Can Be Stolen InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA Dubbed the "Reverse Cross-Site Request" vulnerability by its discoverer, the unpatched flaw is in Firefox's... password-saving feature. By Gregg Keizer.
Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages? ZDNet - USA By Tom Espiner, ZDNet (UK). Mozilla's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords. ...
Mozilla Firefox Password Manager Usernames and Passwords ... FrSIRT - Montpellier,France A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox gives passwords away Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK ... it. In the short term, Mozzarella is suggesting avoiding using Password Manager and the Master Password Timeout Firefox extension. ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox, IE flaw could expose passwords SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA Attackers could steal user names and passwords by exploiting a flaw affecting both Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer (IE), Chapin Information Services Inc. ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox 2.0 outshines IE7 in phish fight Financial Mirror - Cyprus According to a study commissioned by the Mozilla corporation, anti-phishing features in Firefox 2.0 perform better than equivalent security technologies in IE7 ...
22 november
Add-ons make popular web browsers Internet Explorer and Firefox ... Bangkok Post - Thailand ... them. Sorry Opera operators and Safari surfers and Netscape netizens and those who use browsers other than IE and Firefox. Your ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox 2.0 Password Manager Flaw Hard OCP - Plano,TX,USA RCSR attacks are also actively targeting Microsoft Internet Explorer, however a flaw in Firefox makes the attack much more likely to succeed. ...
Holiday Must Haves: Bird, Stuffing, Wine, Firefox Wired Blogs - USA ... whisper to no one, "Why didn't he just buy a Mac?!" But then I drop that platform allegiance bit and go straight to, "Why isn't he running Firefox or Opera ...
PlayStation 3 able to run Office? InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA ... a PPC build of it. That includes most major applications like Mozilla Firefox, VLC player, and more.". Well, Codeweavers may have ... See all stories on this topic
Turbolinux Security Announcement - thunderbird, firefox (21/Nov ... Help Net Security - Croatia ... Security Center http://www.turbolinux.com/security/ (1) thunderbird -> Multiple vulnerabilities in thunderbird (2) firefox -> Multiple vulnerabilities exist in ...
Sponsored surveys: corrupt or completely corrupt? Techworld.com - London,UK ... Phishing is high on the hype-meter these days, and anti-phishing is a selling point for the two new browsers - Explorer 7 and Firefox 2. It makes good sense ... See all stories on this topic
Del.icio.us bookmarks extension for Firefox NewsForge - Fremont,CA,USA Organizing your favorite Web sites with bookmarks on Firefox can be tedious, especially when you want to keep your bookmarks synchronized across several ...
Firefox Open To New XSS Flaw Security Pronews - Lexington,KY,USA ... He noted that while the attack targets Internet Explorer, the behavior of the Password Manager in Firefox "makes the attack much more likely to succeed.". ...
Firefox 2.0 Password Manager Bug Exposes Passwords Slashdot - USA zbuffered writes, "Today, Mozilla made public bug #360493, which exposes Firefox's Password Manager on many public sites. The flaw ...
21 november
Many Radio Add-Ons Available for Users of Firefox Browser About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA ... re looking for. (Note: There are comments posted at the Firefox site suggesting a spyware problem with this add-on). BBC Bar includes ...
Get A Xbox 360 For $100 Igniq.com - Ireland ... up the great 360 deal. According to them, it’s all in the browser. Firefox is the browser of choice. This is, of course, for the ...
Review - Firefox 2 The Mac Observer - USA ... For the rest of us, there are several quality Web browsers to choose from, and Firefox 2 certainly holds its own. The Firefox Web ...
20 november
Mozilla: Firefox antiphishing tool better than IE7's Digital World Tokyo - Tokyo,Japan ... fired a shot back at Microsoft in the browser war's latest battle this week, using a company-sponsored study to claim the antiphishing filter in Firefox 2 more ...
Microsoft, Mozilla plan Firefox CardSpace plug-in PC Advisor - London,UK The Firefox open-source web browser will soon be compatible with Microsoft's CardSpace identity-management technology, since Microsoft has vowed to write the ...
Browser face-off: Firefox versus IE PC Advisor - London,UK And as Mozilla eagerly removes the wraps from version 2.0 of IE's fierce rival, Firefox, we couldn't resist seeing how the browsers compare. ...
Firefox: The Better Phisher Fighter MacNewsWorld - Encino,CA,USA Mozilla and Microsoft are duking it out over which of their browsers -- Firefox or Internet Explorer -- is better at alerting users to possible phishing attacks ...