Open Source Software Engineer in the reports of vulnerability Safari RSS
In a post on his blog on Sunday, free software engineer Brian Mastenbrook that finds a vulnerability in the Safari Web browser for Mac OS X and Windows operating systems which could endanger the user and passwords If the file operation.
“… Safari is vulnerable to an attack which allows a malicious Web site to read files on the hard disk of the user without user intervention,” wrote Mastenbrook. “This can be used to access sensitive information stored on the user’s computer, including e-mails, passwords, or cookies can be used to gain access to user accounts on some sites. ”
Mastenbrook advised users to change their feed reader default preference to another feed reader, as a high-Apple Mail or NetNewsWire.
When Windows users are concerned, the blog Mastenbrook suggests that users are based on another browser until the security hole is fixed.
Although not a name well known outside the circles of security, Mastenbrook is credited with at least four mentioned by name in previous security updates and corrections.
