Oh, Windows...where would we be without you?.....
Christopher Chan
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Wed Oct 27 12:00:42 BST 2010
/me sobs.
When will the Frontmotion guys get the latest packaged up as a msi.
Maybe it is time to start deploying Chrome instead...
On Wednesday, October 27, 2010 05:47 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>
> Hackers plant Firefox 0day on Nobel Peace Prize website
>
> Malicious hackers have exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the
> latest version of Firefox to attack people visiting the Nobel Peace
> Prize website, a Norway-based security firm said on Tuesday.
> ...........................
> He said the attack exploited a race condition vulnerability in Firefox
> to force end users to install malware his firm has dubbed Belmoo
> <http://norman.com/security_center/virus_description_archive/129146/>.
> The Windows executable was created on Sunday and attempts to connect to
> several internet addresses, according to his analysis.
> ..................................................
> Hours after the reports surfaced, Mozilla said it would issue a fix as
> soon as possible
> <http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/10/26/critical-vulnerability-in-firefox-3-5-and-firefox-3-6/>.
> In the meantime, users can protect themselves by disabling JavaScript
> altogether or installing the NoScript extension that allows users to
> control which websites are permitted to run JavaScript.
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/26/firefox_0day_report/
>
>
> --
> "Ning Yu displayed his wisdom while the country followed System, but when it did not, he acted stupid. His wisdom is achievable by others, his stupidity is not."
> Confucius
>
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