The official Nobel Prize website was hacked yesterday, and for some time ran an exploit targeting a new 0-day vulnerability in the Firefox browser. According to our information, the exploit was used to install a backdoor on the user’s computer system without notifications or warning messages. The backdoor tries to retrieve the path of the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Highly Critical Firefox 3.6 Vulnerability
Reports about an unpatched security vulnerability in Firefox 3.6 that has been in existence since the beginning of February have been released on the Internet. Not a lot of information are known about the security vulnerability other than it has been successfully used to exploit Firefox 3.6 on Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista with [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Another Critical Firefox Vulnerability Emerges
It has been only a few days ago that the Mozilla Firefox team released an update for Firefox 3.5 to Firefox 3.5.1 that would close a recently disclosed critical security vulnerability that allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on the attacked computer system. Earlier today another Firefox vulnerability was disclosed to the public that affects [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.5.1 Update Available
A recently disclosed vulnerability in the Firefox 3.5 web browser forced the Mozilla Firefox development team to release version 3.5.1 of the web browser early to fix the vulnerability. The vulnerability, which is affecting all operating systems that Firefox can be installed on, is linked to the Firefox JavaScript Tracemonkey engine. A temporary fix was [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Critical Security Vulnerability In Firefox 3.5
A critical security vulnerability affecting Firefox 3.5 has been discovered and published on the security portal Milw0rm entitled Firefox 3.5 Heap Spray Vulnerability. A proof of concept exploit has been provided. In short, the vulnerability can lead to remote code execution. The good news is that a security patch has already been published by Mozilla [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Web Browser: Firefox 3.0.8
The Mozilla Firefox development team had to react quickly after a working vulnerability was discovered affecting all the latest versions of the Firefox web browser. (read Latest Firefox Web Browser Vulnerable to 0-Day Exploit). After news about the vulnerability spread like wildfire on the Internet a first official statement was released that was suggesting an [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Latest Firefox Web Browser Vulnerable to 0-Day Exploit
Dante send me a tip about a 0-day exploit that is affecting the latest versions of the popular Firefox web browser. The exploit is described as a remote memory-corruption vulnerability that is affecting Firefox running on all supported operating systems. A proof of concept has been published by the security researcher and the Mozilla team [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.0.1 released
Shortly after releasing version Firefox 2.0.0.16 the Firefox development team released another update this time for Firefox 3. The update fixes three security updates that have a critical rating making this a security update. It is recommended to update Firefox 3 as soon as possible to close the security holes. Two of my add-ons stopped [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 2.0.0.16 Security Update
Man the Firefox development team is releasing new Firefox 2 versions like crazy. Firefox 2.0.0.16 is the latest Firefox 2 release and a recommended update for everyone that is still running version 2 of the popular browser. The update is a security update that fixes two critical security vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution and [...]