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Monday review - the hot 26 stories of the week
In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Serious security holes fixed in Opera - but Mac App Store users left at risk again
It should go without saying that if you use Opera, you should update to version 12.13 as soon as possible.
But... what if you didn't get your copy of Opera from the official website?
What if, instead, you acquired your version of Opera for Mac from Apple's Mac App Store?
Fun with statistics: Who hates Java the most?
Over the past five days, lots of you have used Naked Security to find out how to turn off Java in one of the five major browsers.
And that has given us browser statistics. There are too many variables to know what they tell us, but they do make a neat-looking graph!
New security hole found in multiple Java versions
The same team of Polish researchers who discovered a critical security hole in Oracle’s Java software say that they uncovered another such hole, which could be used to bypass the secure application “sandbox” on most recent versions of Java.
Monday review: the hot 20 stories of the week
In case you missed any of these stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Is Opera *really* the safest browser?
Opera, a relative minnow in the web browser market, is reckoned to be a more secure browser than the likes of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer - according to our online poll.
But maybe someone has influenced the vote?
Which web browser do you recommend? [POLL]
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As browser makers beef up security in their products - which product do you recommend to friends who want to surf the web more safely?
Microsoft muffs up browser choices for Windows 7 users, Europe isn't happy
Although ordered to let Windows users choose which browser they would prefer, a Microsoft "technical error" meant 28 million Windows 7 users were given no choice at all.
Do the Mac App Store and Gatekeeper provide sufficient protection?
Apple is pushing its users more and more to download apps from the Mac App Store. But what happens if the software on the Mac App Store is less secure than non-App Store versions?
Mac App Store exposes users to security risks, claims researcher
If you are using the Apple Mac App Store you might be putting your computer's security at risk, because of the service's tardy attitude to critical updates.
Apple users left to defend themselves against certificate attacks
Apple users have largely been left unprotected against the recent issuance of fraudulent SSL certificates by Comodo. Learn how to configure your Mac to defend against bogus SSL certificates.
Firefox and Opera benefit from Operation Aurora fall-out
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the high profile "Operation Aurora" hack attack against Google and some 30 other companies has been good news for some firms. Namely, the makers of the Firefox and Opera web browser. Read more…
A bad day for browsers, severe flaws... again
Microsoft just posted an advisory on the recently discovered zero day flaw in Internet Explorer 6 and 7. It would appear that the workarounds are to use IE8, enable "Protected Mode" in IE7 on Vista, ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) Read more…
Opera users urged to patch against security holes
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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