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[News] Firefox Still Secure, Unless You Use Windows; Another IE Exploit is Born

  • Subject: [News] Firefox Still Secure, Unless You Use Windows; Another IE Exploit is Born
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:02:44 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
New Attack Gets at Firefox Through IE

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| Beware, dual browser users: In a rare twist, a Mozilla Firefox browser bug 
| could give an attacker control of your PC if you happen to click a 
| booby-trapped link in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135999/article.html

First exploit appears for Patch Tuesday vulnerability

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| A security researcher has published the first exploit against one of the 14 
| vulnerabilities patched last week by Microsoft Corp., security company 
| Symantec Corp. has warned customers.  
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9031601


Related:

Zero-Day Browser Exploits, Part 1: Is Open Source Safer Than IE?

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| "Open source browsers are inherently safer. They are not as widely adopted, 
| and they are faster in being patched," Roger Thompson, CTO of Exploit 
| Prevention Labs, told LinuxInsider. "  
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/58796.html


Mozilla wants Firefox market share to reach 30% by June 2008

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| The new moves are hoped to get more people using Firefox with the target 
| market share being 30% by June 2008. Good luck. 
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http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=15722


Firefox takes 28% market share in Europe

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| All European countries saw an increase in Firefox participation with Hungary 
| showing the most dramatic increase from 27.2%, in the latest March 2007 
| survey, to 39.7%. Overall, Europe grew from 24.1% to 27.8%.  
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http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/07/firefox-takes-28-market-share-in-europe/

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