Brian
06-13-2007, 06:49 PM
'Day One' for Safari for Windows Becomes Zero-Day Nightmare (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/11648/Day+One+for+Safari+for+Windows+Becomes+ZeroDay+Nig htmare/)
"It took security engineers perhaps less than two hours yesterday to introduce Apple's surprise entry in the field of Windows browsers to the big, cruel world of exploits and vulnerabilities, following its introduction yesterday morning at WWDC. As a result, much of the clout Safari had received as the secure browsing alternative to Internet Explorer and Firefox -- as long as it was on a Macintosh -- was burned off like fire to a flash fuse.
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"I downloaded and installed Safari for Windows 2 hours ago, when I started writing this," Larholm wrote, "and I now have a fully functional command execution vulnerability, triggered without user interaction simply by visiting a web site."
Wow, using Safari on a Windows machine is lamer than using IE on a Mac. I mean, come on, if you need an alternate browser to hide all your porn bookmarks, just use Opera. At least you can navigate one-handed using mouse gestures.
Wait, did I imply that people use the internet for pornography? I totally meant, er, streaming indie rock. The one-handed thing is for, uh, air keyboarding."
Read full story here (http://www.betanews.com/article/Day_One_for_Safari_for_Windows_Becomes_ZeroDay_Nig htmare/1181661606)
"It took security engineers perhaps less than two hours yesterday to introduce Apple's surprise entry in the field of Windows browsers to the big, cruel world of exploits and vulnerabilities, following its introduction yesterday morning at WWDC. As a result, much of the clout Safari had received as the secure browsing alternative to Internet Explorer and Firefox -- as long as it was on a Macintosh -- was burned off like fire to a flash fuse.
. . .
"I downloaded and installed Safari for Windows 2 hours ago, when I started writing this," Larholm wrote, "and I now have a fully functional command execution vulnerability, triggered without user interaction simply by visiting a web site."
Wow, using Safari on a Windows machine is lamer than using IE on a Mac. I mean, come on, if you need an alternate browser to hide all your porn bookmarks, just use Opera. At least you can navigate one-handed using mouse gestures.
Wait, did I imply that people use the internet for pornography? I totally meant, er, streaming indie rock. The one-handed thing is for, uh, air keyboarding."
Read full story here (http://www.betanews.com/article/Day_One_for_Safari_for_Windows_Becomes_ZeroDay_Nig htmare/1181661606)