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Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in various browsers, which can be exploited by malicious web sites to spoof dialog boxes. The problem is that JavaScript dialog boxes do not display or include their origin, which allows a new window to open e.g. a prompt dialog box, which appears to be from a trusted site. Please use the test page, to see an example of how this vulnerability can be exploited, and also to determine whether or not your browser is vulnerable. This illustration may be used freely in news articles and web sites as long as Secunia.com is referenced...

04 May 2004 Apple releases range of patches for known and unknown vulnerabilities. By Kieren McCarthy, Techworld Apple has released a range of patches for security holes - both old and new - for its Mac OS X operating system, which it advises users to download immediately. The company is downplaying the issue but one security company at least is concerned that the vulnerabilities could be extremely serious. Secunia has given the five - yes, five - patches a "highly critical" rating and warned that they may allow hijacking, security bypass, data manipulation, privilege escalation, denial of service and system...