Browser bloat and privacy concerns
An increase in browser-based bloat and malware, and growing concern over online tracking technology, will top the technology trends in 2012, according to SlimWare Utilities. …
Bug allows remote code execution in Chrome
In September ACROS Security notified Google about a peculiar behavior of the Chrome browser that can be exploited for execution of remote code outside Chrome sandbox under …
25% of tested Google Chrome extensions allow data theft
27 of a 100 tested Google Chrome extensions have been found vulnerable to data (passwords, history, etc.) extraction attacks though specially crafted malicious websites or by …
Amazon introduces Silk, a cloud-accelerated web browser
Amazon Silk introduces a “split browser” architecture that accelerates the power of the mobile device hardware by using the computing speed and power of the Amazon …
Firefox 7 search yields unwanted results
Firefox is the second most widely used browser in the world, so we can be sure that malicious individuals are already working on ways to take advantage of yesterday’s …
Browser companies react to BEAST attack
As Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong have demonstrated on Friday, the SSL/TLS encryption used by the great majority of websites has been cracked. Their BEAST (Browser Exploit …
Researchers crack SSL encryption
Two security researchers have found a way of breaking the SSL/TLS encryption that allows the information that passes from browser/user to server and back be reliable and, …
Firefox 6.0.2 removes trust to DigiNotar CA
Mozilla released Firefox 6.0.2 that removes trust exceptions for certificates issued by Staat der Nederlanden and therefore offers additional protection against fraudulent …
IE 9 best option against Web-based malware attacks
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 has proved once again to be the best choice when it comes to catching attacks aimed at making the user download Web-based malware. This …
Third-party Firefox add-ons to be blocked automatically
Mozilla has decided to put a stop to the automatic installing of Firefox add-ons by third-party applications, as unwanted and disused add-ons can sometimes affect the …
Apple Safari 5.1 increases security
Safari 5.1 includes improvements to performance, stability, and security. CFNetwork In certain situations, Safari may treat a file as HTML, even if it is served with the …
Chrome extension for identifying insecure code
In a bid to help developers keep their websites clear of security holes, Google has built – and offered for free – a (currently experimental) Chrome extension …