Google Hardens Chrome To Block Malicious Extensions
Google says it has taken extra steps to counter the threat posed by malicious extensions to its Chrome Web browser, after incidents in which malicious extensions were used to power online scams. Google...
View ArticleOpera 12.01 Released With Fixes for Five Security Flaws
There are new versions of the Opera browser available, a small update to version 12.01, but they include a number of important security fixes, notably a patch for a vulnerability that could lead to...
View ArticleGoogle Ships 12 Security Patches in Latest Chrome Update
Google released a stable channel update for its Chrome browser yesterday, resolving 12 vulnerabilities, one of which was considered ‘critical’, Google’s most severe rating, ten of which received second...
View ArticleFaux-Facebook Notifications Lead to Browser Hijack Malware
An attack on the world’s largest social network is drawing users to a third party site with fake tag notifications and prompting victims to download malware masquerading as a video-codec extension. The...
View ArticleGoing Back to the Future in the Name of Better Security
NEW YORK–If Bill Cheswick had his way, the future of computing and computer security would look a lot like the distant past, with trusted platforms, small programs, applications that can’t affect the...
View ArticleChrome Eavesdropping Exploit Published
The developer of the annyang speech recognition JavaScript library has published exploit code for a bug in Google’s Chrome browser that could allow a malicious website to eavesdrop using a computer’s...
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Chrome Web Store Beset by Spammy Extensions
UPDATE: Twelve seemingly legitimate Chrome browser extensions installed by more than 180,000 users are injecting advertisements on 44 popular websites. According to a Barracuda Labs report, the...
View ArticleMozilla Redesigns Firefox Browser, Fixes Security Vulnerabilities
Mozilla yesterday released the substantially redesigned version 29 of its Firefox browser, including fixes for a number of critical and highly rated security vulnerabilities.
View ArticleGoogle Trades Technicality for Brevity With New SSL Warning
Google and the University of Pennsylvania performed a study intended to determine the effect of best practices on the efficacy of SSL browser warnings.
View ArticleGoogle Fixes Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Latest Chrome Build
Google pushed out the latest version of Chrome Thursday afternoon, fixing five issues, four of them critical.
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