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Chrome falls in first five minutes at Pwn2Own vulnerability contest

Chrome falls in first five minutes at Pwn2Own vulnerability contest

Chrome's boastful track record of fending off vulnerabilities in bug-hunting contests seems to have come to an end.

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Thanksgiving: eat the bounty, hang out with family and update web browsers

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Thanksgiving is coming up this weekend in the US. It's a holiday of gluttony and family time, and, according to The Atlantic, a chance to update your family's internet browsers.

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Use Safari on your Mac? Make sure you change the default settings

Use Safari on your Mac? Make sure you change the default settings

Every Mac user should check their settings in Safari - as changing the defaults could help avoid them being exposed to a malware infection.

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Microsoft begs users to stop running IE6

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Microsoft has launched another salvo in its campaign to hammer the final nail into the coffin of an outdated, insecure product: Internet Explorer 6.

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Internet Explorer attacked in Europe - by Firefox!

Internet Explorer attacked in Europe

According to recent web statistics, Firefox sneaked into first place over Internet Explorer for the first time ever at the end of 2010.

What does this mean to security professionals? What does it mean to you?

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Internet Explorer users warned of new zero-day attacks

Danger! Zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer

A zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being used in targeted attacks, Microsoft warns.

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Are signed files safer than others?

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Mike Wood of SophosLabs Vancouver presented "Want my autograph? The use and abuse of digital signatures by malware" at the 2010 Virus Bulletin conference. Mike's talk was focused on the trust that people and technology put into certificates and how Read more…

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A swarm of Safari security holes: Mac and Windows users told to update

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Whether you own a Windows or Mac OS X computer, if you're a user of Apple's Safari browser, it's time to update your computer against a swarm of security vulnerabilities. With the attention of most Apple devotees diverted this week Read more…

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European Internet Explorer users invited to choose another browser

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Starting next week, European users of Internet Explorer may expect to see an invitation to choose an alternative browser for surfing the worldwide web. As part of a settlement of a long-running anti-competition dispute with the European Union, Microsoft has Read more…

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Firefox 3.6 checks your plugins are up to date

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Yesterday, Mozilla released the latest version of its web browser Firefox and it comes with a rather nice-sounding security feature. Firefox 3.6 claims to be faster than ever before, but that's not why it's caught my attention. The new functionality Read more…

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Should we bin Internet Explorer?

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Australia has joined the list of countries with official guidelines suggesting that you consider giving up on Internet Explorer, at least until Microsoft has fixed the now-widely-known vulnerability in its browser. France and Germany have floated similar advice, presumably over Read more…

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What web browser do security-savvy folks use?

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Angela Moscaritolo reported in SC Magazine last night that Internet Explorer's marketshare has dropped considerably in the last 12 months. Who's eating away at Internet Explorer's chunk of the browser market? Firefox, Safari and Chrome it seems, according to the Read more…

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Opera users urged to patch against security holes

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With most of the world using Internet Explorer and Firefox to surf the web, it's all to easy to think that those are the only browsers which suffer from security problems. Users of alternative browsers like Google Chrome, Opera, Safari Read more…

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