Noscript extension would probably stop this type of attack?
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SAN DIEGO--The open-source Firefox Web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said Saturday afternoon.
An attacker could commandeer a computer running the browser simply by crafting a Web page that contains some malicious JavaScript code, Mischa Spiegelmock and Andrew Wbeelsoi said in a presentation at the ToorCon hacker conference here. The flaw affects Firefox on Windows, Apple Computer's Mac OS X and Linux, they said.
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Started by Humpty, Oct 02 2006 01:41 AM
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Posted 02 October 2006 - 04:04 AM
Yes, the Noscript extension would work.
Disabling all JavaScript would work too.
Though, a huge amount of websites use JavaScript, many don't need it, but have it anyways for advertisement and stuff.
I am not too worried though, I feel pretty safe with Firefox.
Disabling all JavaScript would work too.
Though, a huge amount of websites use JavaScript, many don't need it, but have it anyways for advertisement and stuff.
I am not too worried though, I feel pretty safe with Firefox.
