26 november

Firefox password manager is not secure
Computeractive - London,UK
The automatic password manager in the Firefox web browser is not secure, according to a report on the software maker's website. ...

Firefox, IE7 Vulnerable to Fake Log-in
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
Both Firefox and Microsoft IE 7 are vulnerable to a form of fake log-in attack that was used in a MySpace scam last month. Researcher ...
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Meme screening
TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA
I like the FireFox browser since it puts that search toolbar down next to the status bar and lets you click through a web page finding multiple instances of ...

25 november

Phishing potentiality affects Safari, Firefox password storage
MacFixIt (subscription) - Portland,OR,USA
Heise Security reports on a phishing vulnerability caused by Firefox's password manager. In a nutshell, because Firefox has the ...

Review: disgo lite 1GB
Mobile Digest - London,England,UK
... The good news here is that there is a ton of free, trial and retail software to choose from including Firefox and Thunderbird, Open Office, VLC, Skype, WinRAR ...

Firefox has a password flaw
USA Today - USA
The Internet browser Firefox 2 has a problem with its "password manager" that could allow a hacker to obtain usernames and passwords from Firefox users ...
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French MPs dump Windows for Linux
Silicon.com - UK
... and Bernard Carayon of the UMP party, will see 1,154 French parliamentary workstations running on an Open Source OS, with OpenOffice.org, Firefox and an open ...
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24 november

TITLE: Firefox Password Manager Information Disclosure
SecuObs - France
DESCRIPTION: Robert Chapin has discovered a vulnerability in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks. ...
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IE 7 Less Vulnerable than Firefox 2?
Techtree.com - Mumbai,India
According to reports, Mozilla Firefox 2 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (IE) are both vulnerable to a bug that steals the login-id and password of users ...
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Firefox 2 a Reliable Alternative to Safari
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
So, what's Firefox 2's killer feature? ... For the rest of us, there are several quality Web browsers to choose from, and Firefox 2 certainly holds its own. ...

Mpire Announces New Firefox Plugin
Wired Blogs - USA
Online shopping site Mpire has released a new Firefox plugin that lets you compare prices at nearly 200 retailers from any page. ...

Firefox Password Manager Information Disclosure
Secunia - UK
Robert Chapin has discovered a vulnerability in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks. ...

23 november

CIS finds flaws in Firefox 2.0 password manager
Help Net Security - Croatia
Chapin Information Services has discovered a new flaw in the Mozilla Firefox web browser that exposes saved passwords to clever attackers. ...

Firefox gives passwords away
DigitalJournal.com - Canada
The problem comes about because FireFox supplies the username and password stored on one page on a domain to another page on a domain. ...

Unpatched Flaw Means Firefox Passwords Can Be Stolen
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Dubbed the "Reverse Cross-Site Request" vulnerability by its discoverer, the unpatched flaw is in Firefox's...
password-saving feature. By Gregg Keizer.

Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages?
ZDNet - USA
By Tom Espiner, ZDNet (UK). Mozilla's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords. ...

Mozilla Firefox Password Manager Usernames and Passwords ...
FrSIRT - Montpellier,France
A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. ...
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Firefox gives passwords away
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK
... it. In the short term, Mozzarella is suggesting avoiding using Password Manager and the Master Password Timeout Firefox extension. ...
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Firefox, IE flaw could expose passwords
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
Attackers could steal user names and passwords by exploiting a flaw affecting both Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer (IE), Chapin Information Services Inc. ...
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Firefox 2.0 outshines IE7 in phish fight
Financial Mirror - Cyprus
According to a study commissioned by the Mozilla corporation, anti-phishing features in Firefox 2.0 perform better than equivalent security technologies in IE7 ...

22 november

Add-ons make popular web browsers Internet Explorer and Firefox ...
Bangkok Post - Thailand
... them. Sorry Opera operators and Safari surfers and Netscape netizens and those who use browsers other than IE and Firefox. Your ...
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Firefox 2.0 Password Manager Flaw
Hard OCP - Plano,TX,USA
RCSR attacks are also actively targeting Microsoft Internet Explorer, however a flaw in Firefox makes the attack much more likely to succeed. ...

Holiday Must Haves: Bird, Stuffing, Wine, Firefox
Wired Blogs - USA
... whisper to no one, "Why didn't he just buy a Mac?!" But then I drop that platform allegiance bit and go straight to, "Why isn't he running Firefox or Opera ...

PlayStation 3 able to run Office?
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
... a PPC build of it. That includes most major applications like Mozilla Firefox, VLC player, and more.". Well, Codeweavers may have ...
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Turbolinux Security Announcement - thunderbird, firefox (21/Nov ...
Help Net Security - Croatia
... Security Center http://www.turbolinux.com/security/ (1) thunderbird -> Multiple vulnerabilities in thunderbird (2) firefox -> Multiple vulnerabilities exist in ...

Sponsored surveys: corrupt or completely corrupt?
Techworld.com - London,UK
... Phishing is high on the hype-meter these days, and anti-phishing is a selling point for the two new browsers - Explorer 7 and Firefox 2. It makes good sense ...
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Del.icio.us bookmarks extension for Firefox
NewsForge - Fremont,CA,USA
Organizing your favorite Web sites with bookmarks on Firefox can be tedious, especially when you want to keep your bookmarks synchronized across several ...

Firefox Open To New XSS Flaw
Security Pronews - Lexington,KY,USA
... He noted that while the attack targets Internet Explorer, the behavior of the Password Manager in Firefox "makes the attack much more likely to succeed.". ...

Firefox 2.0 Password Manager Bug Exposes Passwords
Slashdot - USA
zbuffered writes, "Today, Mozilla made public bug #360493, which exposes Firefox's Password Manager on many public sites. The flaw ...

21 november

Many Radio Add-Ons Available for Users of Firefox Browser
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
... re looking for. (Note: There are comments posted at the Firefox site suggesting a spyware problem with this add-on). BBC Bar includes ...

Get A Xbox 360 For $100
Igniq.com - Ireland
... up the great 360 deal. According to them, it’s all in the browser. Firefox is the browser of choice. This is, of course, for the ...

Review - Firefox 2
The Mac Observer - USA
... For the rest of us, there are several quality Web browsers to choose from, and Firefox 2 certainly holds its own. The Firefox Web ...

20 november

Mozilla: Firefox antiphishing tool better than IE7's
Digital World Tokyo - Tokyo,Japan
... fired a shot back at Microsoft in the browser war's latest battle this week, using a company-sponsored study to claim the antiphishing filter in Firefox 2 more ...

Microsoft, Mozilla plan Firefox CardSpace plug-in
PC Advisor - London,UK
The Firefox open-source web browser will soon be compatible with Microsoft's CardSpace identity-management technology, since Microsoft has vowed to write the ...

Browser face-off: Firefox versus IE
PC Advisor - London,UK
And as Mozilla eagerly removes the wraps from version 2.0 of IE's fierce rival, Firefox, we couldn't resist seeing how the browsers compare. ...