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:CNET News: Hackers Claim Zero-Day Flaw in Firefox
CNET News: Hackers Claim Zero-Day Flaw in Firefox
Oct 2, 2006, 12 :45 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (7247 reads)

(Other stories by Joris Evers)

"The open-source Firefox Web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said Saturday afternoon.

"An attacker could commandeer a computer running the browser simply by crafting a Web page that contains some malicious JavaScript code, Mischa Spiegelmock and Andrew Wbeelsoi said in a presentation at the ToorCon hacker conference here. The flaw affects Firefox on Windows, Apple Computer's Mac OS X and Linux, they said..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Just install the "noscripts" extension a ...   yawn...   
GreyGeek
Oct 2, 2006, 13:02:03
 
"The two hackers laughed off the comment ...   these guys want to be arrested   
Evan
Oct 2, 2006, 14:42:21
 
> Just install the "noscripts" extension ...   Re: yawn...   
Chris
Oct 2, 2006, 14:56:18
 
have to put up with this than have to pu ...   I'd rather   
Mike R.
Oct 2, 2006, 17:01:40
 
I install NoScript as soon as I install  ...   NoScript rox!   
Brandioch Conner
Oct 2, 2006, 17:23:20
 
There are enough grounds (such as the cl ...   Sue Them   
Anonymous Reader
Oct 2, 2006, 19:15:51
 
Jay looks like he's back on the drag ...   Bad Jay and Silent Bob impersonators   
ac
Oct 2, 2006, 19:16:24
 
To me this is really suspicious, and my  ...   Re: Bad Jay and Silent Bob impersonators   
Rudy Young
Oct 2, 2006, 22:14:32
 
> Even without the flaws in JavaScript,  ...   Re: NoScript rox!   
Tony OBryan
Oct 3, 2006, 02:08:09
 
> He ought to realize they'd LOVE hi ...   Re: Bad Jay and Silent Bob impersonators   
Rainer Weikusat
Oct 3, 2006, 07:55:23
 
> There is no excuse for sites requiring ...   Re: Re: NoScript rox!   
blackhole
Oct 3, 2006, 11:17:09
 
Read the updated about this article on I ...   It's was meant as a JOKE   
hendrakieran
Oct 4, 2006, 02:50:07
 
> "One of the hackers who demonstrated e ...   Re: It's was meant as a JOKE   
blackhole
Oct 4, 2006, 03:21:15
 
http://news.com.com/5208-7349_3-0.html?f ...   What role did MS play in lie/joke?   
Jose
Dec 27, 2006, 03:23:26
 
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