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Safari Vulnerability: Now a Blended Flavor

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Laureli Mallek

I blogged “previously”:http://blogs.stopbadware.org/articles/2008/05/19/safari-security-questioned-sbw-encourages-action about a Safari vulnerability noted by Nitesh Dhanjani. He found that Safari automatically downloads items to a default location, which happens to be the desktop on both Apple and Windows machines. By itself, this vulnerability can be … Continue reading →

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Safari Security Questioned; SBW Encourages Action

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laureli Mallek

You may recall that StopBadware.org recently “played a role”:http://blogs.stopbadware.org/articles/2008/04/17/apple-responds-to-community-concerns in successfully encouraging Apple to improve its disclosure in pushing the Safari web browser to users through its Apple Software Update application. Now, Nitesh Dhanjani, a security researcher, “writes”:http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.html about his … Continue reading →

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