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2005, Jun 24

More power to Opera 8.01

Filed under: Uncategorized — Hrishikesh @ 23:38

This just in from Slashdot.
 
IT: Major Browsers Have JS Pop-Up Flaw 
Posted by Zonk on Friday June 24, @07:32PM
from the security-flaws-build-character dept.

 
An anonymous reader writes “Secunia is warning that several popular browsers contain a vulnerability that could allow a phishing attack. ‘The problem is that JavaScript dialog boxes do not display or include their origin, which allows a new window to open — for example, a prompt dialog box — which appears to be from a trusted site,’ Secunia said. The browsers include the latest versions of IE, IE for Mac, Safari, iCab, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox and Camino. Opera 7 and 8 are also affected but not 8.01.”
 
Well, I have been saying it all along, Opera 8.01. Woohoo! :-D

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5118250 Nadeem Mohsin

    As I mentioned before – the only way this bug is likely to affect you adversely is if you happen to be a complete dumbass. As far as I can tell, only IE users are at risk :-)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5118250 Nadeem Mohsin

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  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5118250 Nadeem Mohsin

    As I mentioned before – the only way this bug is likely to affect you adversely is if you happen to be a complete dumbass. As far as I can tell, only IE users are at risk :-)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5118250 Nadeem Mohsin

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  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5164138 Hrishi

    Well, I completely agree to your viewpoint. Actually, the security risk is a no-brainer, and in fact, is an UI issue, but dumbasses exist everywhere, and hence the thing.

    Some people have even gone further and accused Opera for spreading this so-called “vulnerability”, if you want to call it that, M$ surely does not call it that, it is a feature according to them…

    But anyway, it certainly feels nice to gloat, so what if the reason is stupid. Gloating, is, after all, gloating! ;-)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5164138 Hrishi

    Well, I completely agree to your viewpoint. Actually, the security risk is a no-brainer, and in fact, is an UI issue, but dumbasses exist everywhere, and hence the thing.

    Some people have even gone further and accused Opera for spreading this so-called “vulnerability”, if you want to call it that, M$ surely does not call it that, it is a feature according to them…

    But anyway, it certainly feels nice to gloat, so what if the reason is stupid. Gloating, is, after all, gloating! ;-)

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