Mozilla has released an updated version of Firefox browser. This new release covers 11 vulnerabilities that exposed users to code execution information stealing or denial of service attacks.
4 out of 11 vulnerabilities were considered critical.
The 4 critical vulnerabilities are as follows :
MFSA 2008 53 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation via session [...]
Mozilla would soon release a Private Browsing version of Firefox, also called as the Porn Mode.
Private browsing Mode does not keep any traces of the web activities on the computer. Private browsing should not be misunderstood as being anonymous over the web or from the ISP’s (Internet service providers) neither does it keep users [...]
Firefox has introduced its next generation fastest browser “Minefield” is probably the fastest javascript engine. With this browser the future seems to be really fast for Firefox.
Web masters say that Minefield is almost 10% faster than Google Chrome. Though this is a pre-release and is an alpha version of Firefox.
To test the browser Click [...]
Flash Player products are prone to clickjacking attacks due to a security defect as addressed by Adobe Systems.
Flash Player 10 was re-introduced into the market on Wednesday which has a fix for the flaw which was reported by Adobe systems.
Due to the susceptibility to clickjacking attacks, Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and the other previous [...]
There is an estimated 2,00,000 nasty programs in existence today. And the majority of them are aimed at sabotaging Windows PC`s.
Such programs can reach the machine through e-mail, instant messenger, internet connection or the web browser if the user visits an incorrect website. Windows users feel under attack as the threats [...]
Mozilla releases a technology that helps websites detect the Physical location of computers using Firefox browser.
This new technology will help users find locations such as Re-fueling stations, restaurants, Hospitals etc. when traveled to new towns.
This new project is named as “Geode”. It uses a W3C geolocation technology of version 3.1 Firefox. It is still [...]
