Germany warns against use of Firefox browser!

[Tarka Dal]

The German government has warned its citizenry against the use of the Firefox browser due to security issues.

BBC News - Germany warns against use of Firefox browser

 

[Dragonfly]

Switching to a different browser may not be a good solution either, said Graham Cluley, senior technologist at security firm Sophos. "Switching your web browser willy-nilly as each new unpatched security hole is revealed could cause more problems than it's worth," he said.
"What are you going to do when your replacement browser itself turns out to contain a vulnerability?

Hear, hear...

Mozilla Security Blog Thread on this exploit

 

[Tarka Dal]

Switching to a different browser may not be a good solution either, said Graham Cluley, senior technologist at security firm Sophos. "Switching your web browser willy-nilly as each new unpatched security hole is revealed could cause more problems than it's worth," he said.
"What are you going to do when your replacement browser itself turns out to contain a vulnerability?

Hear, hear...

Mozilla Security Blog Thread on this exploit

Yes dear but they meant IE8 is just fine and dandy!

To be honest the way things are going you won't need a browser as there will be nothing to look at cos there is so much malware.

 

[Dragonfly]

Seems the guy who found the exploit tried to sell it to Mozilla first, and when they refused, he sold it to Secunia. After he cashed their check, he released it to the wild.

Extorting browser companies looks like a new cottage industry.

 

[Tarka Dal]

Seems the guy who found the exploit tried to sell it to Mozilla first, and when they refused, he sold it to Secunia. After he cashed their check, he released it to the wild.

Extorting browser companies looks like a new cottage industry.

There is always an issue with everything in life. No matter what it is it will have a flaw. If everything was perfect then everything would work properly. 1st editions would always be the only editions.

 

[severedsolo]

weren;t the german government warning against IE last month?

 

[Adamd]

Next up: Stop using the internet.

 

[manhunter2826]

weren;t the german government warning against IE last month?

Yes! What do they have against browsers Lol; next week Chrome and Opera?:sarc:

 

[Boris]

At least you can be sure the exploit has mozilla's attention now...

 

[MattRainier]

HA! So that's what that was. Fortunately MSE caught it. I had something try to come in using that loophole - and MSE let it know it wasn't wanted.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Dragonfly]

Mozilla plugged it already. Firefox 3.6.2 is ready for download.

 

[Lee]

Ain't Computing Fun. . .