TechWeb: IE And Firefox Sport New Zero-day Flaw

"Multiple security organizations warned Tuesday that Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, and SeaMonkey--on Windows, Linux, and the Mac--are vulnerable to a JavaScript bug that could allow a determined attacker to dupe users into giving up sensitive personal information such as credit card or bank account numbers and passwords.

"According to Symantec, which issued an alert late afternoon Tuesday, all versions of the Microsoft and Mozilla browsers could be used to harvest data through a JavaScript key-filtering vulnerability..."

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