Academics from Greece have devised a new browser-based attack that can allow hackers to run malicious code inside users’ browsers even after users have closed or navigated away from the web page on which they got infected. This new attack, called MarioNet, opens the door for assembling giant botnets from […]
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Oracle on Wednesday announced specific plans to kill the Java browser plugin and has advised users to start migrating to other technologies. In the old days, advanced Web features were only available in browsers via plugins leveraging the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI), the most popular applications being Java, […]
Wow, did you know there was a 3D mode in Firefox ? You did? Ah well I didn’t know until today. When you click on the 3D view button, the page goes into 3D view mode; in this mode, you can see your page presented in a 3D view in […]
Google has updated the stable channel of Chrome to version 44.0.2403.89. In addition to new features, which Google plans to detail these days, the latest release addressed a total of 43 security issues. The list of vulnerabilities reported by external researchers includes 12 high severity bugs. Judging by the rewards […]