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Google Chrome’s First Bug
The first vulnerability of Google’s new browser has been announced and fixed. The bug is a buffer overflow when the user tries to save a web page containing a very long title tag. Now I’m sure it’s because of all the attention the browser is getting that this vulnerability was even discovered and more so that it was patched so quickly. The side affect of all the attention is more bugs and problems will probably arise but also that these will be patched and a excellent browser will emerge.
Side Note: I just can’t figure out why that decided to use Apple’s WebKit instead of Gecko for the engine. I have a problem with my computer at work with my mouse wheel scrolling not working correctly in Safari for Windows and the same problem occurs with Chrome.
Source: PCWorld
Safari for Windows
I just downloaded Safari 3.1 for Windows, yes downloaded not forced-updated, and my initial impressions are good. Apple has been catching crap over the way the have released Safari to Windows users through Apple Software Updater. While the name implies that it will only update software you’ve installed Apple decided to push out Safari with it as well, the kicker is that it is checked by default. Infoworld explains more.
Safari feels very fast opening pages. It’s got all the standard web browser features, tabbed browsing, rss feed reader, form auto-fill. I really like the built-in rss reader, it puts Firefox reader to shame. Screen shots will follow. Another big feature is the private browsing right out of the box in Firefox you need a plugin for that but Safari has this as a standard feature.
Update: It seems that Apple violates it’s on EULA with the new Safari for Windows. According to The Register Safari can only be installed on Apple hardware running Windows.
Mac Malware
Yes you heard right. The first malware written for the Mac has been named OSX.RSPlug.A by Intego (a Mac-security company). The malware is disguised as a video-codec that users are tricked into installing in order to watch nasty movies. This malware is written to hijack DNS of the machine it’s installed on, redirecting their web requests to another web page. The thing about this is it only redirects users who attempt to visit one obscure adult website. It could be alot worse, it could have spoofed bank sites, paypal, or ebay.
This malware doesn’t exploit a hole in the Mac OS, instead it relies on good old social engineering. McAfee researchers have already found this on 65 websites, so this is becoming widespread fast. Security has never been a priority to Apple, soon all types of nasty software will exploit holes that do exist in the OS.
Security researcher Gadi Evron
“Apple’s day has finally come, and Apple users are going to get hit hard, OS X is the new Windows 98.”
Source: Wired
