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• Internet Explorer best at blocking malware

  14.05.2013

  NSS Labs released the results and analysis from its web browser security comparative evaluating the protection offered by five browsers - Safari 5, Chrome 25/26, Internet Explorer 10, Firefox 19 and Opera 12 - against malware downloads (also known as socially engineered malware).

• Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts

  13.05.2013

  Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.

• IE8 0-day used in watering hole attacks

  06.05.2013

  Last week a U.S. Department of Labor website was discovered to be redirecting users to sites serving a hard-to-detect variant Poison Ivy backdoor Trojan.

• Firefox enhances private browsing

  03.04.2013

  Mozilla released Firefox 20 that fixes several security and stability issues.

• Ransomware uses browser history to persuade users to pay up

  02.04.2013

  A new ransomware variant dubbed Kovter has been spotted trying out a brand new approach for convincing targeted users of the legitimacy of its claims.

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