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Mozilla OKs Firefox 10 launch this week

2012-01-30T08:02:00.001-08:00

Mozilla OKs Firefox 10 launch this week

By Gregg Keizer

January 30, 2012 05:59 AM ET

- Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday.

Notes from a Mozilla meeting last week said that the upgrade was on for Jan. 31, the next ship date in the every-six-week schedule that the company adopted last year.

The new version includes one of the first components of Firefox's planned silent update mechanism: The browser automatically disables incompatible add-ons and marks all others as compatible.

Add-ons that work with Firefox 4 or later will be marked as compatible in Firefox 10, Mozilla said.

Complaints about incompatible add-ons have been common since Mozilla shifted to the faster release schedule, as add-on developers have been slow to revamp their code or at least mark their extensions as suitable for the newest browser.

Mozilla began automatically marking add-ons as compatible back in March 2011 when it launched Firefox 4, but limited that move to extensions distributed through its own website; the new feature in Firefox 10 does the same for all add-ons, including those not available from Mozilla.

According to the company, extensions offered outside its own download store account for 75% of all add-ons.

"Add-on compatibility has always been a huge barrier to releasing more often, so it was critical we have a plan that wouldn't leave add-ons or users behind," Justin Scott, who leads Mozilla's add-on team, said in a September 2011 blog post. "For this new [rapid-release] system to work, we wanted a compatibility process that didn't require developers to lift a finger unless their add-on was one of the few broken."

As Scott hinted, automatic add-on compatibility is one of several features Mozilla is working on so it can offer "silent updates" that upgrade Firefox in the background and without any user interaction. Other parts of the service will debut in future versions of the browser.

Mozilla's current plans are to complete silent update with Firefox 13, now set to launch on June 5.

Also on Tuesday, Mozilla will ship Firefox 3.6.26, a security update for that two-year-old browser. This week's update will be followed by two more before Firefox 3.6 is retired from support in late April.

Firefox 10 will also be the first edition in the Extended Support Release (ESR) line that Mozilla has created for enterprises that cannot -- or will not -- upgrade every six weeks. Firefox ESR will be upgraded every 42 weeks, or seven times slower than the "standard" build of the browser.

Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is gkeizer@computerworld.com.

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2012-01-17T09:37:00.000-08:00

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is a competent browser with enough features to meet the needs of most users but is difficult to recommend due to on-going security concerns. In the past IE has been a focus for security attacks and there is little to suggest this will change with the release of IE7. Additionally, Microsoft have a poor track record for speedily fixing IE defects and this has left users open to drive-by attacks and other forms of zero-day exploits.

There are several excellent alternatives with the new Mozilla Firefox V2 a solid first choice. It's safer than IE, so safe in fact that many users have reported no spyware infections since they started using the product. It's also browses a tad faster than IE, is very stable and is more standards compliant. The program loads slower than IE but once running, it positively zips along. With tabbed browsing and over 2000 free extensions (add-ons) that allow you to customize your experience, it provides most users with a major surfing upgrade. Firefox is now my everyday browser though I still leave IE on my PC for the occasional web site that's designed around IE's non-standard features.

An equal first choice is Opera. It's a speed demon; probably the fastest of all the common browsers. But it's much more than that; it's full featured, standards compliant and safe. Just as Firefox is extensible through add-ins, Opera can be enhanced using Widgets, though there are not nearly as many of these available as Firefox extensions. Then again, it doesn't need as many extensions as a lot of the features added by Firefox add-ins are already available built into the standard Opera browser. There's just so much to like about Opera V9 that you could easily create a case that it's better than Firefox. Indeed, if I could get an Opera replacement for some of my key Firefox add-ins, I'd probably switch.

Users who don't want to drift too far from the Microsoft stable can get some of the feature advantages of Firefox and Opera by using one of the many customized shells for Internet Explorer such as Maxthon and Avant. Their main selling feature for these products used to be tabbed browsing but now that this is available in IE7 it's hard to create a case for their general recommendation. Still if you need a specialized feature they are worth considering. On the downside these shells share most of the same security problems as IE as they utilize the IE engine.

Last but not least is the K-Meleon browser, a slimmed down cousin of Firefox that's optimized for Windows. Of the four browsers I use regularly on my different PCs, K-Meleon is the quickest loading and along with Opera, the fastest for surfing. On the downside there are only a limited number of add-ons and plug-ins available so you are pretty well limited to the features available in the standard product. If you are the type of person who prefers performance to bells and whistles you should definitely try K-Meleon.

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2006-10-27T02:10:00.000-07:00

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2006-09-25T11:56:00.000-07:00

1. Tabbed Browsing - Makes surfing the web faster

Background Tabs (shown in red) let you open pages to read later without leaving the current page

Tabbed browsing changes the way you use the Internet by allowing you to open links on a page in background tabs and then read them when you're ready. Tabbed Browsing makes it much easier to keep track of several pages or sites at once by letting you view them within a single browser window. It's easy to navigate between tabs - just click on a tab to view the page. Tabs load in the background so you can browse the web faster - and stay organized. To use Tabbed Browsing, hold down Ctrl while clicking on a web link, or click with the middle mouse button.

"Open in Tabs" opens contents of Bookmarks Folder in Tabs.

Tabbed browsing makes the web faster and more efficient. You can concentrate on reading a page without the confusion of having to switch between windows. While you're reading a page, links you have opened in background tabs are loading so when you're ready to read them, they've already finished loading and you don't need to wait.

While it seems like a simple idea, Tabbed Browsing is a revolutionary enhancement to web browsing. Firefox brings you the simplest, most intuitive version of Tabbed Browsing you will find today.

2. Popup Blocking

Icon showing that popups have been prevented from opening

Firefox stops annoying popup windows dead in their tracks. Experience the web as it was supposed to be - peaceful, convenient, accessible.

Some sites make legitimate use of popup windows. When Firefox blocks a popup window, it displays an icon in the status bar. Clicking this icon shows a breakdown of the popup(s) that Firefox stopped when loading the current page. You can then allow some or all of the popup windows to be shown.

3. Find Stuff Easier

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Much of the time you spend using a web browser is spent looking for things. That's why Firefox has the best search functions of any browser. Ctrl+K takes you to the Google bar. Enter what you're searching for and hit Enter to search Google. Entering a search into the Location bar does an "I'm feeling lucky" Google search (that is, it automatically loads the first result returned by Google for that search).

Firefox's Smart Keywords lets you find things faster.

Firefox's collection of Smart Keywords make it easy to look up words in the Dictionary, check on stock quotes, etc. Just type the keyword, then the word, stock symbol or other value in the Location Bar, and hit Enter. A full list of Firefox's supported Smart Keywords is available here, and if they aren't enough for you you can make your own!.

Firefox's "Find Stuff Faster" mantra is more than just skin deep. Other parts of the browser have been engineered with search in mind. Take Tab-Browsing - run a search in one tab, then open search results in background tabs, and flick between them to compare. Bookmarks and History have QuickFind bars that let you quickly locate a bookmark in a long list, or a place you visited several days ago. Firefox's handy browser context menus also let you instantly search for selected text.

4. Simplified Privacy / Annoyance Eliminator

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Your privacy is important to us. Firefox makes it easy to keep track of information that the browser has stored while you've been surfing, such as things you've typed into forms, Cookies, files you've downloaded, pages you've visited (History), and so on. You can quickly clear any of these things from the Privacy panel of Tools, Options. If you're using a public or shared computer, you can also instantly clear all stored information with a single click.

Firefox puts an end to annoying web page tricks

Aside from preventing popup windows, Firefox will also stop a number of other actions that have been annoying web surfers for years, like status bar tricks (e.g. animating status bar tickers, and spoofing that prevents you from seeing where links really go). We've designed Firefox so that the standard settings offer the least annoyance. Controls for these settings can be found in the Web Features page under Options.

Firefox comes with the same sophisticated set of controls as Mozilla that allow you to control cookies, Javascript, and other settings to suit your tastes.

5. Better Bookmarks and History

Firefox's Bookmarks Window makes organizing your Bookmarks easy.

Firefox makes it easier to organize your Bookmark collection with its handy Bookmarks manager (Bookmarks, Manage Bookmarks... menu item). Create folders to group similar items, and add annotations to remind yourself of why you bookmarked a particular item later. Sort on any of a number of properties including Name, Location, Date Last Visited, etc. Firefox also lets you associate a Keyword with any bookmark so you can open it by simply typing its keyword in the Location Bar of the browser.

Both Bookmarks and History are available as convenient Side Bar panels for quick access. Simply hit Ctrl+B for Bookmarks, and Ctrl+H for History. Links open with a click.

6. Accessible, Intelligent, Responsive

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Best Accessiblity. Firefox offers the best set of keyboard shortcuts about. Ctrl+L quickly focuses the Location Bar. Ctrl+K the Google Bar. Ctrl+T opens a new tab and Ctrl+S does what it should do - save the current page. A full set of keyboard shortcuts is available here.

Firefox helps you fill out web forms and remembers what you've searched for

Both Bookmarks and History are available as convenient Side Bar panels for quick access. Simply hit Ctrl+B for Bookmarks, and Ctrl+H for History. Links open with a click.

Intelligent. Firefox remembers what you've filled in web forms, to make searching for things again, or filling out things like your name and address a simple process. Firefox also features a handy Password Manager that automatically fills out user-name/password fields on sites that require you to log in.

More Responsive. Firefox feels more responsive in day-to-day browsing than competitors like Internet Explorer. Pages appear on screen sooner, and there are fewer annoying lock ups. The effect is a browser that feels faster.

7. Customizable and Extendable

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Customize Toolbars. Set up your toolbars the way you want them. Have just a thin strip with everything on one bar. Have a set of toolbars with every option available within reach. Firefox's toolbars are fully customizable so you can have it the way you like it. Choose View, Toolbars, Customize... and simply drag on the items you want. Firefox even lets you create new toolbars. Third party extensions often add Toolbar items to the Customize Palette as well.

Most Extensible. Firefox's user interface can be extended by developers using industry standards such as XML, CSS, JavaScript etc, as well as complex C++ add on modules. Examples of such extensions include everything from relatively simple utilities to advanced tools such as a JavaScript Debugger and Document Inspector. A full list of existing extensions is available at update.mozilla.org. Extensions are easily installed.

Applying themes is easy

Themeable. Firefox's user interface is fully customizeable, using the same CSS, XML, etc, industry standards as the extension UI. The themes are endless. Firefox can look like the StarTrek Lcars computer or even resemble Microsoft Internet Explorer. A full list of existing themes is available here. Themes are easily installed.

8. Modern Download Manager

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The built-in Download Manager is modern and user friendly. It shows all pending and completed downloads as a graphical list along with relevent text. A user has complete control over the active and inactive downloads. The user can cancel an active download, retry failed ones, remove the complete and failed ones, open completed downloads in system directory browser and also clean up the list if desired. Double-clicking the file can be used to launch it directly.

The Download Manager saves real-estate in the tasklist toolbar by having one window for all downloads and showing the average complete percentage in its tasklist menu along with the number of pending downloads. On completion of downloads the users get a "mail-biff" style notification: "Downloads Complete". Moreover, the download manager is intelligent enough to warn the user in case Firefox exits and there are pending downloads.

9. Built for standards

Firefox is leading the pack when it comes to standards support

Firefox has world beating support for W3C standards like CSS, DOM, etc. Where browsers like Opera or IE may fail on a dynamic page, Firefox usually succeeds.

Firefox is also Open Source. This means that the browser is not just 'free' to use, but its also open for development. Firefox is just one of many browsers and projects based on the Powerful Mozilla Gecko engine. Since its open source, the software is guaranteed to not have intended malicious code or spyware included.

10. KISS (Keep It Simple and Straight-Forward)

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Simplified User Interface. We've put a lot of thought into making using Firefox easy and obvious. Browsers like Mozilla and Opera seem to be focused more on esoteric features, at the expense of all-round usability. That's why we have created a browser that works in the simplest and most straight-forward way out of the box. Defaults have been carefully chosen so you don't need to spend time setting up the browser. Menus and dialog boxes are kept clean and free of options that only a marginal number of people use. If there's a feature that Mozilla or Opera has that Firefox lacks, it's probably for good reason. But if you really do need a particular enhancement, a large number of quality extensions are available for free.

More Space for Pages.We place a great deal of importance on space for web pages in Firefox. That's why our browser has more space devoted to web pages than Internet Explorer, Opera, or Mozilla. Firefox offers 2% more space to web pages than Mozilla, 4% more than Internet Explorer, and a whopping 10% more than Opera. (Standard configurations tested, sidebars closed, window maximized at 1600x1200). You can get even more space by rearranging the content of the toolbars. Firefox also offers a Full Screen mode (Press F11 to enter/exit) that devotes even more of the screen to the web page. You can even gain more space by using some themes and by disabling the 'Bookmarks Toolbar'

What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.6

2006-08-21T01:23:00.000-07:00

Firefox 1.5.0.6 is a stability update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.

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Before installing, make sure your computer meets the system requirements. Starting with Firefox 1.5, Mac OS X PowerPC users must have Mac OS X 10.2 or greater.

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Mozilla.com provides Firefox for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in a variety of languages. To get Firefox 1.5.0.6, click on the link on the right. For builds for other systems and languages not provided, see the Contributed Builds section at the end of this document.

Which New Browser Is Best: Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, or Opera 9?

2006-08-21T01:17:00.000-07:00

For a long time, there was nothing to talk about in web browsers. You used Internet Explorer, and that was it. Oh, to be sure, some Mozilla/Netscape holdouts clung to their ways, as did a smattering of users of Opera, Konqueror, and other obscurities. Internet Explorer itself hasn't had a major version change since the release of 6.0 in 2001, so there wasn't much to talk about there, either, for five long years.

That's all changed, thanks to that phoenixlike incarnation of Netscape technology, Firefox. In one year, the open-source darling Firefox has pulled within a dead heat of the browser popularity crown, at least on the ExtremeTech site, where each browser claims just over 43 percent of our viewers. This spurred Microsoft to leave off its complacency, and serious development of the formerly dominant browser restarted in earnest.

Right at this moment, big changes have or are about to occur in three well-known browsers: Internet Explorer is finally being updated, with version 7 in its third beta and almost ready to roll out the door; Firefox is also ripening an upgrade beta for its Version 2.0—it's in beta 1; and finally Opera, which has a devoted but smaller following, has recently come out with Version 9.0.

So, three new browsers in the same year, after no action for a half decade. How do they stack up? We do a comparison of features, usability, memory, and disk usage to help you decide which you should spend your hard earned…oh wait a minute, they're all free, so you can pick the one you want without worrying about out of pocket. Keep in mind: We're just looking at what's there right now, and not considering what the browser developers may have planned for later additions. Also, these are such feature-rich apps that it would be impossible to compare every little detail—which has support for Atom feeds or importing OPML, and advanced Java settings, for example—we'll stick to the stuff that's most apparent to regular users. Let's take the browsers out for a spin, then, shall we? Continued...

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Microsoft tags IE 7 'high priority' update

2006-08-21T01:13:00.000-07:00

Microsoft plans to automatically push Internet Explorer 7 to Windows XP users when the browser update is ready later this year.

By Joris Evers
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Published: July 26, 2006, 9:00 AM PDT

IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a "high priority" update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of IE product management, said in an interview Tuesday. Automatic Updates is a Windows feature typically used for security updates, but Microsoft has also used it to push its antipiracy tool WGA Notifications.

"The justification, of course, is the significant security enhancements in IE 7," Schare said. Microsoft recommends that all Windows users install the new browser when it ships, he added.

IE 7 will be the first major update to Microsoft's ubiquitous Web browser in five years. Security was the No. 1 investment for the update, Microsoft has said. Critics have likened predecessor IE 6 to "Swiss cheese" because of the many security vulnerabilities in it. A third and final beta of IE 7 was released late last month.

Although IE 7 will be pushed out over Automatic Updates, people will be able to choose whether they want to install it or not, Schare said. Automatic Updates will first notify people when IE 7 is ready to install and then show a welcome screen that presents key features and the choices to install, not install or postpone installation.

Additionally, Microsoft on Wednesday plans to make available a special tool to block automatic delivery of the new browser version, Schare said. The tool is meant for business users who might not be ready for an IE update. Microsoft learned a lesson about this when it pushed out Service Pack 2 for Windows XP via the update function.

"Many enterprises out there have some users rely on Automatic Updates," Schare said. "Those typically want to have tighter management of any software that is going to do more than just patch a security vulnerability."

Gartner warns of Microsoft patch issues

2006-04-26T15:31:00.000-07:00

Potential problems with ActiveX fix for Internet Explorer

Robert Jaques, vnunet.com 19 Apr 2006

Enterprises need to tread very carefully as they begin deploying Microsoft's latest security patches as the bug fixes include non-security update code which changes the way in which Internet Explorer interacts with ActiveX, Gartner warned yesterday.

According to an advisory written by Gartner analysts Amrit Williams and Michael Silver the update will require some planning before implementation.

The warning comes after Microsoft's recent release of patches that address 10 security issues, including the highly publicised 'createTextRange' vulnerability that is being actively exploited.

However, this latest update, MS06-013, also changes the way in which Internet Explorer interacts with ActiveX code. The change was made to address patent litigation with Eolas Technologies.

A non-security update for IE modifies the browser to allow it to bypass a patent owned by Eolas, Gartner's advisory explained, changing the way that IE users interact with ActiveX controls.

For controls that display content, such as Adobe's Flash, the control loads normally, but before the user can interact with the control, he or she must click to 'activate' it.

To avoid this behaviour, an HTML authoring change must be made by altering the inline object, applet or embed tag so that it is dynamically generated with script.

"Organisations should expect this security update to have a greater impact than past security patches, and should prepare for this change prior to deploying the patch," the analyst firm warned.

More information on this change can be found at Microsoft's IE update web page.

"Controls must be activated every time a user browses to a web page that does not have this server-side change," explained Gartner.

"Organisations that use ActiveX code in their web applications may need to make the server-side changes to their ActiveX code. Also, users should be informed of the changes to IE so that they will not needlessly burden internal support with questions."

To further complicate matters Microsoft has also released a compatibility patch that temporarily reverts the patent-affected IE modifications.

Organisations that are not prepared for the IE change may deploy this patch on top of MS06-013, but they will need to prepare for the change in the next cumulative IE update which will overwrite the compatibility patch, Gartner noted.

That change is scheduled for release by June 2006. Because patch management systems will not pick up the compatibility patch, users will need to deploy it though other means, such as software distribution products or log-in scripts.

Gartner is advising enterprises to update to the latest security patches and prepare for the IE modifications.

However, those firms which determine that the non-security update is too intrusive at this time should ensure that they download the compatibility patch to address the security issues from Microsoft's security website.

2006-04-22T02:16:00.000-07:00

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Better Web Experience: Firefox 1.5 has an intuitive interface and blocks viruses, spyware, and popup ads. It delivers Web pages faster than ever. And it’s easy to install and import your favorites. Packed with useful features like tabbed browsing, Live Bookmarks, and an integrated Search bar, Firefox will change the way you experience the Web, for the better.
Faster Browsing: Enjoy quick page loading as you navigate back and forward in a browsing session. Improvements to the engine that powers Firefox deliver more accurate display of complex Web sites, support for new Web standards, and better overall performance.
Automatic Updates: The new Software Update feature makes it easy to get the latest security and feature updates to Firefox. Firefox automatically downloads these small updates in the background and prompts you when they are ready to be installed.
Tabbed Browsing: Use tabbed browsing to open multiple Web pages in a single browser window, and quickly flip back and forth. Drag and drop open tabs to keep related pages together.
Improved Pop-up Blocking: Firefox’s built-in pop-up blocker has been enhanced to block more unwanted pop-up and pop-under ads.
Integrated Search: Tap into the power of the Web’s most popular search engines with the built-in Search bar, and easily add new engines.
Stronger Security: Firefox keeps you more secure when you’re browsing the Web, closing the door on spyware, worms, and viruses. The Firefox community of developers and security experts works around the clock to monitor security issues and release updates to better protect you.
Clear Private Data: Protect your privacy with the new Clear Private Data tool. With a single click, you can delete all personal data, including browsing history, cookies, Web form entries and passwords.
Live Bookmarks: Stay up to date with your favorite Web sites and blogs. Use Live Bookmarks that update themselves automatically with the latest content from the Web.
Accessibility: Firefox 1.5 delivers easier navigation for everyone, including those who are visually or motor-impaired. Firefox is the first browser to support DHTML accessibility, which, when enabled by Web authors, allows rich Web applications to be read aloud. Users may navigate with keystrokes rather than mouse clicks, reducing the tabbing required to navigate documents such as spreadsheets. Firefox 1.5 (Windows version) is also the first browser to meet US federal government requirements that software be easily accessible to users with physical impairments.
Customize Firefox: Select new button controls for your toolbars, install extensions to add new features, or change the look of your browser with themes - the way Firefox looks and works is under your control.
Next Generation Web Support: Innovative new Web applications and services deliver a richer Web experience. Support for open Web standards in Firefox ensures you can get the most out of this emerging class of Web-based tools.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Secunia Update

2006-04-17T04:12:00.000-07:00

Vendor: Microsoft	Product Link: View here	Product Affected By: 99 Secunia Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by one or more Secunia advisories rated Moderately critical This is based on the most severe Secunia advisory, which is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database. Go to Unpatched/Patched list below for details. Currently, 19 out of 99 Secunia advisories, are marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database.

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Microsoft warns of 3 ‘critical’ security flaws

2006-04-17T04:08:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of three “critical” security flaws in its Windows operating system that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.

Microsoft, the world’s top software company whose Windows operating system runs on 90 percent of the world’s computers, issued patches to fix the problems as part of its monthly security bulletin. One of the critical vulnerabilities appears in some versions of Internet Explorer that could make it possible for an attacker to use the Web browser to take total control of a PC. The other two “critical” vulnerabilities were in the Windows operating system.

The company defines a flaw as “critical” when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine.

The company also issued another security warning it rated at its second-highest level of “important” for Microsoft Windows as well as one it gave a severity rating of “moderate.”

A vulnerability defined as “important” is one where an outsider could break into a machine and gain access to confidential data but not replicate itself to other computers, Microsoft said. Microsoft has been working for more than three years to improve the security and reliability of its software as more and more malicious software targets weaknesses in Windows and other Microsoft software. Reuters

Attacks on Unpatched IE Flaw Escalate

2006-04-02T16:11:00.000-07:00

Posted at 07:23 AM ET, 03/27/2006
By Brian Krebs

More than 200 Web sites -- many of them belonging to legitimate businesses -- have been hacked and seeded with code that tries to take advantage of a unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser to install hostile code on Windows computers when users merely visit the sites...
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Microsoft investigates two IE flaws

2006-03-26T15:38:00.000-08:00

Microsoft investigates two IE flaws
By Bill Brenner, Senior News Writer
22 Mar 2006 | SearchSecurity.com

Microsoft is looking into a pair of new security holes in Internet Explorer (IE) that attackers could use to cause a denial of service or launch malicious code. Proof-of-concept exploit code has been written for one of the flaws.

One issue was discovered by vulnerability researcher Jeffrey van der Stad. In a posting on his Web site, he said the software giant had run its own tests and confirmed the flaw. He quoted a Microsoft security team member as saying, "We have been trying to get this fix into the next IE release, but it's been a lot of work to do that, as it's relatively late in the cycle. It looks like it will make it in, though."

The company's next scheduled patch release is April 11.

Cupertino, Calif.-based AV giant Symantec Corp. also looked at Van der Stad's findings and e-mailed an analysis to customers of its DeepSight Threat Management System. While few details were available, Symantec said the problem seems to revolve around HTA files, which are HTML applications that are given higher levels of trust and access to a local system than remote Web pages typically receive.

"A successful attack may allow remote attackers to execute HTA applications in the context of targeted users," Symantec said. "This may allow remote code execution and facilitate the compromise of affected computers."

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MS Acknowledges Critical IE Flaws

2006-03-26T15:33:00.000-08:00

March 23, 2006
By Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft is readying a security advisory on an Internet Explorer 6 vulnerability (on Windows XP SP2) rated highly critical by Secunia.

According to Microsoft Security Response Center's Lennart Wistrand, his team is investigating a flaw in how the browser handles the createTextRange() method in Javascript, which can lead to an attack if IE comes across a maliciously coded site. In addition to staying away from sketchy sites, the group's preliminary work indicates that there is a way for users to avoid getting stung by this bug.

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Microsoft security chief to step down

2006-03-24T16:13:00.000-08:00

Mike Nash was responsible for setting its overall security strategy as the software vendor struggled against a public perception that its products were insecure

By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
March 24, 2006

After four years at the helm of Microsoft's (Profile, Products, Articles) security group, Mike Nash is taking a break. This June he will go on sabbatical after handing over responsibilities to his replacement, Ben Fathi.

Nash led Microsoft's Security Technology Unit during a period in which the security of Microsoft's products was increasingly scrutinized following a number of worldwide worm attacks, including Slammer and MyDoom.

The 15-year Microsoft veteran was responsible for directing Microsoft's response to these threats as well as for setting its overall security strategy as the software vendor struggled against a public perception that its products were insecure.

Nash's departure was announced Thursday as part of a sweeping reorganization of the company's Platforms & Services Division.

Fathi comes from Microsoft's storage division, where he managed the company's Windows file server, NAS (network-attached storage) and branch office businesses. As Nash's replacement, he will report to Brian Valentine, head of Microsoft's Core Operating System Division.

A Microsoft employee since 1991, Nash was the first product manger for Windows NT, and at one time he oversaw the Microsoft.com Web site. He is expected to return to a new position at Microsoft some time later this year, the spokeswoman said.

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2006-02-12T02:33:00.000-08:00

In side-by-side tests of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox, IE proved to be far more vulnerable to spyware infections. Most of the exploits that leveraged IE vulnerabilities to plant spyware were based on ActiveX and JavaScript.

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Feb 9, 2006 02:15 PM

Internet Explorer users can be as much as 21 times more likely to end up with a spyware-infected PC than people who go online with Mozilla's Firefox browser, academic researchers from Microsoft's backyard said in a recently published paper.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities

2005-12-13T01:39:00.000-08:00

Original release date: December 13, 2005
Last revised: December 23, 2005
Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

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Microsoft Internet Explorer

For more complete information, refer to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2005.

Overview

Microsoft has released updates that address critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE). A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on an affected system.

I. Description

The Microsoft Security Bulletins for December 2005 address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document, such as a web page or an HTML email message or attachment, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. The attacker could also cause IE or the program using the WebBrowser control to crash.

Further information is available in the following US-CERT Vulnerability Notes:

VU#887861 - Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerable to code execution via mismatched DOM objects

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle requests to mismatched DOM objects, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
(CVE-2005-1790)

VU#959049 - Several COM objects cause memory corruption in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows instantiation of COM objects not designed for use in the browser, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or crash IE.
(CVE-2005-2127)

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker exploiting these vulnerabilities could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. If the user is logged on with administrative privileges, the attacker could take complete control of an affected system or cause a denial of service.

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More IE Vulnerabilities

2005-11-15T04:11:00.000-08:00

By Sean Michael Kerner

Researchers have noted three vulnerabilities that could expose Microsoft (Quote, Chart) Internet Explorer (IE) users to the risk of potential attack from malicious users.

Late Tuesday, German Security Researcher Benjamin Tobias Franz reported a URL spoofing bug with iframes in IE. When exploited, the bug permits a faked target address to be shown in the status bar window.

"Successful exploitation allows a malicious Web site to obfuscate URLs in the status bar, even when JavaScript support has been disabled," according to a note on the BugTraq site.

Security researcher Gilbert Verdian reported the same bug in Apple's Safari Web browser running on OS X.

A Microsoft spokesperson told internetnews.com that the company had not been made aware of any active exploits of the reported vulnerabilities or customer impact at this time, but that it is aggressively investigating the public reports.

"Upon completion of this investigation, Microsoft will take the appropriate action to protect our customers, which may include providing a fix through our monthly release process or an out-of-cycle security update, depending on customer needs," the spokesperson said.

Security firm Secunia is also reporting the "extremely critical" Internet Explorer IFRAME Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A working exploit is out in the wild already and can potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code on a user's PC.

"The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling of certain attributes in the IFRAME HTML tag," Secunia's advisory states. "This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a malicious HTML document containing overly long strings in the "SRC" and "NAME" attributes of the IFRAME tag."

As with the URL spoofing issue, Windows XP SP2 users are not at risk. However, users running XP without XP2 or using running a non-XP Windows OS (like Windows 2000) are at risk.

XP SP2 users however are still not out of the woods. A new variant of the drag and drop vulnerability was reported by Iranian security researcher Roozbeh Afrasiabi.

This time the vulnerability has been used to bypass local zone security restrictions in order to expose cross-zone and cross-domain scripting vulnerabilities.

"A security site/zone restriction error, where an embedded HTML Help control on, e.g. a malicious Web site, references a specially crafted index (.hhk) file, can execute local HTML documents or inject arbitrary script code in context of a previous loaded document using a malicious JavaScript URI handler," according to the Secunia advisory.

Microsoft's spokesperson downplayed any potential impact from this particular report, noting that the company has received no customer reports of impact at this time.

"An attacker would need to first entice the user to visit a specific Web site and then entice the user take a series of specific actions on the Web site, then reboot or log off before the attack could succeed without user action," the spokesperson explained.

The spokesperson also noted that customers who have applied the latest Internet Explorer update, MS04-038, can set the "Drag and Drop or copy and paste files" option in the Internet and intranet zone to "Disable" or "Prompt." Once this setting is changed, the attack described in the report will not succeed.

"With both of these issues, we continue to encourage customers to follow our Protect Your PC guidance of enabling a firewall, getting software updates and installing anti-virus software," Microsoft's spokesperson said.

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