A noted security researcher disclosed four new zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft and Mozilla’s browsers, including a critical flaw in Internet Explorer (IE) and a “major” bug in Firefox. Michael Zalewski, who regularly publishes browser flaw findings, posted details on the Full-disclosure mailing list for cookie-stealing, keystroke-snooping, malicious downloading and site-spoofing bugs. The most serious of … Read more
Danish vulnerability tracker Secunia ApS has concluded that Apple Incorporated’s QuickTime is three times more likely to pose a threat than Microsoft Corporation’s Internet Explorer 6 and six times more likely to be a threat than Mozilla Corporation’s Firefox. According to an analysis of more than 350,000 system checks done over the last six months … Read more
A new worm targeting removable drives, called the SillyFD-AA worm, searches for removable drives such as floppy disks and USB memory sticks and creates a hidden autorun.inf file which makes the worm execute the next time the device is connected to a computer running Windows. In addition, it changes the title of Internet Explorer windows … Read more
Windows Vista and Windows Desktop Search 3.01 recognize many advanced query operators that can make your desktop searches super-pinpointed. This document on Windows Vista Blog provides an exhaustive list of those operators. On Windows Vista you can use these operators to define a search, and then save it as a Search Folder. Once you start … Read more
Thunderbird 2.0, the latest version of Mozilla’s free email client, is available today. The open-source alternative to Microsoft’s Outlook Express had been in beta for the past two weeks. New features include the ability for users to more easily manage their messages using tags, advanced folder views, message history navigation and rapid inbox and message … Read more
Just When Microsoft is preparing for Flash killer, Adobe is coming out with Flash Media player. At the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas next week, Adobe is expected to detail the new player for downloaded media which will work with Windows or Mac desktops. Currently, Adobe provides no way for playing back … Read more