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News (55)

• Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered

  A vulnerability in Firefox could make users of the open source browser more likely to fall for phishing scams.

• Netcraft extends phishing protection to Firefox users

  Internet services company Netcraft has released a version of its toolbar for Firefox. The plug-in can help users of the Web browser avoid phishing scams, the company said.

• Firefox to get phishing shield

  An upcoming version of Firefox will include protection against phishing scams, using technology that might come from Google.

• Opera 9.5 gets euro-style and Haute secure

  Opera 9.5, code-named Kestrel, the latest browser by Opera, on Thursday became available for download for Windows and Mac.

• Microsoft speeds up phishing shield for IE7

  Microsoft has quietly released an update for Internet Explorer that fixes a problem with the browser's phishing shield.

Features and Case Studies (12)

• Microsoft: URL spoofing is not a security risk

  Microsoft has rejected claims from security researchers that a recently discovered spoofing technique on Internet Explorer is a security vulnerability

• E-commerce turns 10

  After a decade, even your mom buys books online. But are "secure" transactions secure enough?

• Photo Gallery: Inside Firefox 2

  Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor.

• Fixing Firefox

  Since its November 2004 release, the first full version of Firefox has seen more than 25 million downloads in 100 days. But the popular browser has not been free of vulnerabilities.

• For Opera, smaller really is better

  Opera CTO Hkon Wium Lie must feel a special kinship with the "Band of Brothers" soliloquy that Shakespeare reserves for Henry V.

Reviews (23)

• Firefox 3

  If only for the speed, lightness of being and security alone, Firefox remains our Editors' Choice for best internet browser.

• Mozilla Firefox 2

  Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor and deserving our Editors' Choice award.

• Mozilla Firefox 1.5

  While Firefox 1.5 isn't too different from the original release, what's new should attract even more Firefox users -- and that's ultimately good for the Internet.

• Border patrol for Internet Explorer

  A security start-up is borrowing a technique from the research labs to try to give Internet Explorer PCs relief from Web-based attacks.

• Just browsing

  With so many browsers on offer we are spoilt for choice. But what should you look for, and what are the security misconceptions?

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