- Opera uses Mozilla fuzzer to find, fix severe browser flawPosted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on Aug 15, 2007 8:01 AM Subscribe Alerts

- Using a JavaScript fuzzer released by Mozilla at Black Hat, Opera's security team has found and fix a "highly severe" browser flaw that could be used in code execution attacks.[Read the rest]
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- Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Aug 1, 2007 11:37 AM
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- Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Mar 2, 2007 8:10 AM
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- Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Mar 1, 2007 9:02 AM
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- Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Feb 28, 2007 11:11 AM
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- Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Feb 28, 2007 8:10 AM
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- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 27, 2007 9:52 AM
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- Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Feb 27, 2007 6:50 AM
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