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Opera Chickens Out Of EV-Purist Stance

2008-05-27 22:06:59 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Opera is beyond being marginal, beyond being an underdog in the browser race. When your presence is much less than even very old versions of the better-known browsers, you do what you can to get an edge. Recently I praised Opera for doing what would seem to be the technically right thing with respect to EV-SSL: They only turned on the green bar...
 
Tags: opera, bar, famously paypal, modern ssl standards, elements, paypal, ditch browsers, top-level document, browser race
 
 
 
 
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Opera Browser Integrates Malware Protection

2008-06-08 14:27:05 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
Opera, arguably one of the fastest rendering browsers available, is stepping up on security. With their version 9.5 release they are adding in malware protection courtesy of a deal that was struck with Haute Secure From Tech Crunch Haute Secure makes software that aggressively monitors and alerts users to malware sites. Besides the version that...
 
Tags: opera, haute secure, haute, malware sites, internet explorer, sites, myspace, entire myspace site, malware protection courtesy
 
 
 
 
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Opera patches bug, bashes Mozilla

2008-02-20 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Opera Software ASA has released an update to its flagship browser, Opera 9.26, to fix three bugs, including one that the Norwegian company used last week to slam rival Mozilla Corp
 
Tags: opera, opera software asa, flagship browser, norwegian company, week, fix, bugs
 
 
 
 
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Opera patches multiple bugs in flagship browser

2008-07-03 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Opera Software has patched the newest version of its flagship browser, releasing Opera 9.5.1 to fix several flaws
 
Tags: opera, flagship browser, opera software, fix, version, flaws
 
 
 
 
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7 Vulnerabilities, Some Are Extremely Severe, Patched In New Opera 9.52

2008-08-20 23:24:54 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Opera Software has updated its Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems. Details on one more vulnerability, a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber, currently remains classified. Opera warned that one of the seven flaws is rated extremely severe because of the risk of arbitrary code execution....
 
Tags: opera, extremely severe, arbitrary code execution, opera software, chris weber, web browser, fixes, issue, remains
 
 
 
 
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Opera, Firefox bug could export users' Web history

2008-02-18 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a3c in Network World on Security
 
A flaw in the way the Firefox and Opera browsers handle an image file could allow an attacker to see what Web sites a person has visited
 
Tags: opera browsers handle, firefox, web sites, image file, person, attacker, flaw
 
 
 
 
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Flaws found in Firefox, Opera

2008-02-18 00:00:00 by Jason Meserve in Network World on Security
 
Firefox and Opera are both under fire as security researchers at Vexillium have found a flaw that could allow attackers to capture a users' Web history. No word on updates yet, but be on the lookout. We've also got pairs of patches from rPath, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Debian, Mandriva and Gentoo
 
Tags: opera, firefox, security researchers, web history, mandriva, users, flaw, capture, fire
 
 
 
 
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Opera patches bug, bashes Mozilla

2008-02-20 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3e134 in Network World on Security
 
Opera Software patched a trio of bugs in its flagship browser Tuesday, including one that a company manager used last week to slam rival Mozilla
 
Tags: slam rival mozilla, flagship browser tuesday, company manager, opera software, week, bugs, trio
 
 
 
 
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Opera integrates antiphishing system

2008-06-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b26f10 in Network World on Security
 
Opera is to integrate antiphishing technology from Haute Secure into version 9.5 of the browser, the company has announced, promising its system will outdo those of rivals such as Firefox
 
Tags: system, opera, haute secure, rivals, version, browser, outdo, firefox, technology
 
 
 
 
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Opera patches 7 bugs, but keeps one secret

2008-08-20 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News