by certifiedbug on March 6, 2010
in Browser
A vulnerability rated as critical has been identified in Opera 10.50 and prior versions.
The buffer overflow error when processing malformed HTTP “Content-Length:” headers could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a web page hosted on a malicious web server.
Confirmed by VUPEN with Opera version 10.50 on Windows XP SP3.
Reference: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0529
by certifiedbug on February 24, 2010
in Browser
A poll by Virus Bulletin showed a large number of respondents are still running IE 6, even in the workplace.
In VB’s poll, 15% of respondents said they were running the browser at work, indicating that, for many organizations, upgrading is not a priority – whether that is for reasons of compatibility with legacy applications or simply due to a lack of urgency in their IT departments. Campaigners who run the site www.ie6nomore.com hope that as corporate users find their browsing experience increasingly compromised by pages that fail to render properly in the aging browser, they will complain to their IT departments and put pressure on them to roll out an upgrade or install alternative browsers.
Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8
Hat tip to Sunbelt Blog: Are you reading this with Internet Explorer version 6?