New browser based web threat uncovered:

This company called SPI in Georgia, US, found malicious Javascript code that can bypass firewalls and to remove it as a threat can mean you lose web java based functionality.

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn9645-browserbased-network-attack-discovered.html

Originally posted by sonhouse
This company called SPI in Georgia, US, found malicious Javascript code that can bypass firewalls and to remove it as a threat can mean you lose web java based functionality.

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn9645-browserbased-network-attack-discovered.html

Originally posted by aspviper666
Hog wash,they can't prevent me from making coffee in my own house. 😛

Originally posted by reader1107
But they can keep your coffee from writing plays.

Originally posted by aspviper666
Yes,I am a butcher/play write,how did you guess?

Originally posted by aspviper666
Yes,I am a butcher/play write,how did you guess?

Cool, another security hole I'm immune to thanks to Firefox.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Cool, another security hole I'm immune to thanks to Firefox.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Firefox does not use or allow Javascript? If so, what does that do the functionality of sites you visit that requires it? You just don't go to those sites?

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I can choose to allow or disallow on a per site basis. However, even with the site allowed the proof of concept still fails.

Originally posted by sonhouse
So you tried the proof of concept site?

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Cool, another security hole I'm immune to thanks to Firefox.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Yes. It tells me I don't exist.