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Mozilla Sniffer Add-on Blocklisted for Security Purposes
Posted by Mourad Ben Lakhoua in Browser, Software Security, Vulnerabilities & attacks on July 15, 2010
Mozilla has blocklisted a malicious plugin that has been submitted on their official website as an add-on since 6th of June, the add-on named Mozilla Sniffer and contains a serious security vulnerability.
According to a blog post the plugin includes a code that intercepts all login data on any website and sends this credential to a remote location. Mozilla security specialists informed that All current users should receive an uninstall notification and invite all users to remove the plugin and change all web authentication credential they are using.
The Plugin code has not been verified as it has been submitted online directly, it was just checked against malware without reviewing the functionality before make it public. While a new method of work will be considered in the future with a purpose to Review Process & Delightful Add-ons.
On the same post security vulnerability in CoolPreviews version 3.0.1 has been reported. This plugin help users in previewing a link in a website by just putting the cursor on it. The Bug allows an attacker to execute a malicious JavaScript code with local privileges, potentially gaining access to the file system and allowing code download and execution.
Currently, 177,000 users have a vulnerable version installed. All users are invited to update the plugin while the vulnerable versions will be blocklisted soon.
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Google Plug-in Boost IE speed 10 Times
Posted by Mourad Ben Lakhoua in Browser, Internet on September 26, 2009
A New test has been conducted by Computerworld researchers concluded that Chrome Frame plug-in improves JavaScript performance 9.6 times in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). During the test it was used Sunspider Javascript for three times to show the speed improvement in Microsoft Internet browser.
This plug-in is already embedded in Google chrome while on last Tuesday they added the support of Internet explorer, This adds an extra speed and support to several standards like HTML 5.
Google has been focusing over the last years in providing a clear and highly effective solution for the online working application, so this plug-in can help IE users to work on online application such as Google Wave and others with the same performance like on Google chrome.
Chrome Frame is available now for IE6, 7 and IE8, running under Windows XP and Windows Vista operating system, So get your copy now It’s free and installs in a few seconds..
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New Release for Opera Web Browser
Posted by Mourad Ben Lakhoua in Browser, News on August 26, 2009
Opera Software Company has released the Opera 10 web browser candidate version, the full version of this release will be ready by the 1st of September 2009.
Compared to the recent one the tenth version has a significant new interface design with 40% improvement in the navigation speed.
Among the changes a new visual tabs and sleek design created by a well-known designer Jon Hicks who have made the whole new look for Opera 10, Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections this feature is very interesting it can provides significant improvements in browsing speeds over limited-bandwidth connections like a crowded Wi-Fi in a cafe or browsing through your mobile phone while commuting, Speed Dial this can be find in all major browsers it helps in adding favorite Web sites for quick access every time you open a new tab, Resizable search field in which you can make by default your favorite search engine and of course 40% faster engine and cutting-edge Web standards support this helps much faster on resource-intensive pages such as Gmail and Facebook.
Opera turbo technology is a good for faster navigation but it can reduce the graphical quality of the webpage this was first used in opera mini to compress traffic and Internet usage. however for the first time opera integrates the spellchecker this was found for a long time on Firefox.
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