Monday, 17 February 2014

Popular browsers like Chrome, Firefox face multiple cyber-security threats ... - MediaMughals

Popular browsers like Chrome, Firefox face multiple cyber-security threats: Cyber Detectives

February 17, 2014

Source: MMNetwork

By: MediaMughals


Ringing the alarm bells, cyber security sleuths have advised the Internet users in the Indian cyberspace to keep a watch on all sorts of arbitrary activities on their systems.

The security warning has been issued after the body detected multiple vulnerabilities in popular web browsers Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

Considering the seriousness of these suspicious virus-based activities, the detectives have recommended the Internet users to upgrade the personal versions of these two most used web browsers on their work stations.

In the latest advisory, the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-IN) said: "Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey which could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions, disclose potentially sensitive information, gain escalated privileges, execute arbitrary code and causes denial of service condition on the affected system," to online users in the country.



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