Friday | 9 January, 2009
Stories by: Gregg Keizer
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Chrome grabs 1% of browser market in under 24 hours 04/09/2008 11:42:00
Google Inc.'s new Chrome browser grabbed 1% of the browser market in its first day out in public, Web metrics providers said today. - +
Mozilla turbocharges Firefox, touts major speed gains 25/08/2008 11:11:00
Mozilla said Friday it has added the fruits of a two-month JavaScript turbo power project to the latest preview of its next browser, Firefox 3.1, that boosts some benchmark speeds by nearly 40 times over Firefox 3.0. - +
Apple's MobileMe mail, Google's Gmail go dark 13/08/2008 08:24:39
Apple's MobileMe and Google's Gmail online e-mail services suffered hours-long outages Monday, leaving millions of users unable to access their accounts. - +
Russian hacker 'militia' mobilizes to attack Georgia 13/08/2008 07:21:21
Security researchers Tuesday disputed claims that a well-known Russian hacker hosting network is responsible for cyberattacks against sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic that has been battling Russian military forces since Friday. - +
New exploit poisons patched DNS servers, claims researcher 12/08/2008 08:56:07
Patches meant to fix a flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) don't completely protect the Web's traffic cop from attack, a Russian research claimed Friday. - +
Researcher reveals critical Java bugs in Nokia phones 12/08/2008 08:10:22
A pair of critical vulnerabilities in Sun Microsystems's Java technology for mobile devices could be used by hackers to surreptitiously make calls, record conversations and access information on Nokia Series 40 cell phones, a Polish researcher said Monday. - +
Cyber attacks knock out Georgia's Internet presence 12/08/2008 10:22:53
Hackers, perhaps affiliated with a well-known Russian criminal network, have attacked and hijacked Web sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic now in the fourth day of war with Russia, a security researcher claimed Sunday. - +
Mozilla experiments push Firefox envelope 11/08/2008 08:42:36
Mozilla is experimenting with several ideas to push the browser envelope, including one that could turn the browser into a messaging hub. - +
Update: Fake-CNN spam mutates as attacks continue 11/08/2008 08:30:53
The massive attack that has infected PCs by tricking users into clicking links in fake messages from CNN.com shows little sign of ending soon, security researchers said Friday. - +
Russian hacker gang steals with impunity, says researcher 08/08/2008 08:19:17
The Russian hacker gang using a Microsoft administration tool to steal passwords has cashed in big time for years, the researcher who has tracked the group's crimes said Thursday. - +
Faux-CNN spam blitz uses legit sites to deliver fake Flash 07/08/2008 08:33:53
More than a thousand hacked Web sites are serving up fake Flash Player software to users duped into clicking on links in mail that's part of a massive spam attack masquerading as CNN.com news notifications, security researchers said Wednesday.
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