Global Security Watch > Opera 9.1 To Include Fraud Protection

[Latest Computers News » Mozilla Releases Firefox 2.0 Beta, Invites 3.0 Suggestions] Summed up, when you go to a new site for the first time, the browser will go back to Opera and check the database to see if it’s a trusted site. If they know it’s a fraud site, you’ll receive a warning and you’ll be blocked from the site.

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Pcmag.co.ukhttp://www.pcmag.co.uk [Pcmag.co.uk] Opera lowers the curtain on phishing - PC Magazine: To address concerns about internationalised domain names, Opera's second beta only displays localised domain names from certain top-level domains. Opera selects top-level domains that have strict policies on the domain names they allow to be registered.

http://neosmart.net/blog [ The NeoSmart Files] The Windows Vista RC1 Monster Review: was released this week with great fanfare. Coming after the highly-successful pre-RC1 build 5536, it had quite a lot of high expectations, and it certainly exceeded quite a few of them.

CERIAS Weblogshttp://www.cerias.purdue.edu/weblogs [CERIAS Weblogs] So you think AJAX and Web 2.0 are all that and a... : We can always hope that eventually, AJAX horror stories (to come) will drive security improvements, but I’d rather not be in the crowd of early sufferers. At least, please do me a favor and honor the principle of graceful degradation, so that if I visit your web site with JavaScript turned off, I can still make some use of it.

Implementer's notes - by Yngve Nysæter Pettersenhttp://my.opera.com/yngve/blog [Implementer's notes - by Yngve Nysæter Pettersen] Low security sites, what to do about them?: IE7 was supposed to actually block such unsecure content, but I was recently told that Microsoft had encountered [too many] sites that could not handle being blocked in that fashion, and had gone back to the IE6 modal dialog prompt. In my opinion, Microsoft should reconsider and stick with the blocking policy, even though it will break some sites, until they are fixed (if possible).

[Avoiding Virusues, Spyware & Adware!] How to Avoid Internet Theft, Fraud and Phishing: To keep yourself secure online there are a few precautions you should take. The internet is one way that people can accumulate personal information about you if the proper precautions are not taken.

http://www.ptvguy.com [ptvGuy: Public Television Station (and other) Web Development] Internet Explorer 7: Is Your Site Ready?: Potentially more exciting than the arrival of a new phonebook is the planned automatic update of Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer. If you haven't already heard about it-and I'm sure that most of you have-Microsoft is planning to release the first major upgrade to Internet Explorer since IE6 in 2001.

[Spyware Remover: Free Spyware, Adware Removal Programs, Popup Blockers] How to Avoid Internet Theft, Fraud and Phishing: To keep yourself secure online there are a few precautions you should take. The internet is one way that people can accumulate personal information about you if the proper precautions are not taken.

[CyberNet News: Hardware, Downloads, Gadgets...Technology Done Right!] CyberNotes: 10 Privacy And Security Extensions... : Many of these extensions have not been updated to work with the upcoming release of Firefox 2 but I hope the developers will take the time to make sure they run smooth. Just like with all Firefox extensions you need to make sure you let the developers know how much you love their extension so that they will continue to update it.

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