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Future Firefox Releases To Include Sandboxing And More

By Vygantas Lipskas | January 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

Future Firefox Releases To Include Sandboxing And More If you are wondering what Mozilla has been up to recently, then this article is a good starting point.

According to Johnathan Nightingale, Mozilla’s Director of Firefox Engineering, the company has been quite busy at brainstorming and implementing new ideas to improve Firefox’s security,

First in the list is the JIT (just in time) compiler hardening, which should protect users against JIT spraying attacks.
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Is This Opera Mini? No, Chuck Testa

By Vygantas Lipskas | October 6, 2011 | 6 Comments

Is This Opera Mini? No, Chuck Testa According to the latest TrendMicro report, malware creators have found a new toy to play with: Opera Mini.

A Russian web site that loads for mobile users only and looks similar to the Opera.com home page now offers a piece of malware, disguised as OperaMini.jar

Upon visit, a user is notified about the new update that should be downloaded, which, when installed, will start sending text messages to premium numbers.
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The Evolution Of The Web

By Vygantas Lipskas | September 3, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Evolution Of The Web

Do you remember using Netscape Navigator or Mosaic? What about constantly evolving web standards and other web technologies?

With the help of recently created web page, you can now relive those memories and dive into the ocean of oblivion.

Click here to do that now.

[Thanks, Ichann]

Beware Of The Windows 8 UX Pack 2.0 Malware

By Vygantas Lipskas | 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, June 21st

By Vygantas Lipskas | June 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

[Thanks, Ichan]

Weekly Browsers Recap + Bonus Links, June 13th

By Vygantas Lipskas | June 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

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Weekly Browsers Recap + Bonus Links, June 6th

By Vygantas Lipskas | June 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

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Weekly Browsers Recap + Bonus Links, May 30th

By Vygantas Lipskas | May 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

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Firefox Gets about:permissions For More Privacy Control

By Armin Seuchter | May 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

Firefox Gets about:permissions For More Privacy Control The nightly builds of Firefox have received a new tool in the form of about:permissions. Typing about:permissions into the address bar welcomes one with a dashboard that lets you configure cookies, geolocation, pop ups, password keeping, and offline storage access on a per site basis.

If passwords have previously been set for a specific site, about:permissions will permit the viewing and removal of these passwords. One can also administer and get rid of cookies that sites have cached on the system or forget a site completely, eradicating it from Firefox’s memory.
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