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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 280 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: web browsers line exploitation comments Discuss  
It's war out there and the good guys ain't winningCybercriminals are stepping up their efforts to exploit vulnerabilities in web browsers to spread malware using drive-by download techniques.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 239 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: how lock browsers strangling users comments Discuss  
There’s a fine line between protecting a business’ network and sending end users into a help desk-haranguing rampage. ...Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Directory - Access Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts, Podcasts, and Videos. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 217 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: paypal plans ban unsafe browsers comments Discuss  
PayPal says allowing customers to makefinancial transactions on unsafe browsers is equal to a car manufacturerallowing drivers to buy one of their vehicles without seat belts. ...Automate Your Reporting - Easy to Use Software Use Word & Excel to Easily Produce & Manage Reports. Demo for Free! read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 216 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: paypal block users browsers stem phishing attacks comments Discuss  
PayPal, eBay's electronic payment service, plans to take the dramatic step of locking out people using older versions of Web browsers in order to stem phishing attacks. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 150 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: web browsers face crisis security confidence comments Discuss  
Good enough for Donald Rumsfield. But not for youUser beware. Today's web browsers offer more security protections than ever, but according to security experts, they do little to protect people surfing the net from some the web's oldest and most crippling threats.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 142 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: forty percent web users surf unsafe browsers comments Discuss  
A comprehensive new study of online surfing habits released today found that only 60 percent of the planet's Internet users surf the Web with the latest, most-secure versions of their preferred Web browsers. The study (PDF), conducted by researchers from Google, IBM and the Communication Systems Group in Switzerland, relied on data from server logs provided by Google for search requests between Jan. 2007 and June 2008. The researchers found that of the 1.4 billion...Please click on the title to continue re read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 142 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: unpatched web browsers prevalent internet comments Discuss  
Only 59.1 percent of people use up-to-date, fully patched Web browsers, putting the remainder at risk from growing threats from diligent hackers, according to a new study published by researchers in Switzerland. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 91 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: browsers unsigned certificates comments Discuss  
Recent releases of browsers have users jumping through hoops to view self-signed SSL certificates. - by Larry SeltzerRead Larry Seltzer's article on The Untrustworthiness of Self-Signed Certificates. Making the Web quot;safe by default, quot; browsers are suspicious of SSL Web sites (those with a https:// prefix) that use certificates not signed by a trusted authority - VeriSign, Glob... read more »
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