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Web Browsers Malware Benchmark 2011

By Vygantas | July 18, 2011 | 37 Comments

Web Browsers Malware Benchmark 2011 Internet Explorer 9 scores 99-100%.

NSS Labs, an independent network testing facility, has tested 5 most popular web browsers against the socially engineered malware, resulting in more controversy and flame wars all over the Internet.

Although some claim that results are sponsored by Microsoft, Rick Moy, the president of NSS Labs, said that while Microsoft did hire them to benchmark various web browsers few years ago, it was only to improve Internet Explorer’s security. However, after seeing some positive numbers, it was only then sent to the marketing department to do their thing.

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Beware Of The Windows 8 UX Pack 2.0 Malware

By Vygantas | July 7, 2011 | 7 Comments

Beware Of The Windows 8 UX Pack 2.0 Malware Recently, an application called Windows 8 UX Pack 2.0 was released, designed to make your OS look like Windows 8.

If you are as excited as some people are, then downloading it is a no brainer. However, be warned:

After installing and uninstalling the software (did not work for me), I have noticed that it has hijacked my web browsers settings with no warning. Not just Microsoft’s Internet Explorer’s, but also Mozilla’s Firefox and Opera’s (Chrome was not touched).
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Weekly Browsers Recap, July 4th

By Vygantas | July 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

[Thanks, Sebastian]

Google Chrome Blocks Insecure Scripts

By Vygantas | June 27, 2011 | 3 Comments

Google Chrome Blocks Insecure Scripts

Thanks to the continuous security improvements, the latest dev version of Google Chrome now blocks insecure scripts.

If the web site is secured via HTTPS protocol, Google’s web browser will also check whether or not the specific parts of the code (such as scripts, external CSS, etc.) also use HTTPS to deliver data.

In case they do not, Google Chrome will notify the user and offer to either block the insecure script or load it anyway.

Via: Google Chrome Browser

[Thanks, FForever]

Weekly Browsers Recap, June 27th

By Vygantas | June 27, 2011 | 2 Comments

[Thanks, FForever]

Enterprise IT Unhappy With Firefox 4’s Retirement

By Armin Seuchter | June 24, 2011 | 3 Comments

Enterprise IT Unhappy With Firefox 4's Retirement Several corporate IT managers have displayed discomfort with Mozilla’s decision to deliver new editions of Firefox every six weeks with its new rapid release program. This discomfort centers around the retirement of Firefox 4 from security support as well as their inability to test any new version beforehand.

The Firefox 4 EOL (End of Live) is a kick in the stomach. I’m now in the terrible position of choosing to deploy a Firefox 4 release with potentially unpatched vulnerabilities, reset the test cycle for thousands of internal apps to validate Firefox 5 or stay on a patched Firefox 3.6.x. – John Walicki of IBM

No More Security Updates For Firefox 4

By Armin Seuchter | June 22, 2011 | 3 Comments

No More Security Updates For Firefox 4 Along with the release of Firefox 5 on Tuesday, Mozilla showed off the vulnerabilities that had been patched in that version of Firefox as well as in 2010’s Firefox 3.6, making no mention of any bugs fixed in Firefox 4, however. The reason for this is that Firefox 4 has reached its EOL, short for End of Life, with regard to vulnerability patches according to Mozilla.
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