DANISH FIRM REPORTS BUG IN NETSCAPE WEB BROWSER.Byline: San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the A potentially damaging bug that affects all versions of Netscape Communications Corp.'s popular Navigator See Netscape Navigator, Netscape and Norton Navigator. Navigator - Netscape Navigator Internet browser See Web browser. software has been discovered by a Danish software firm. The bug, which even affects the final test version of Netscape's Communicator Suite product released Wednesday, was reported by Cabocomm, a software company located about 100 miles west of Copenhagen, Denmark. Researchers there say the flaw makes it possible for Web-site operators to read anything stored on the hard drive of a PC logged on to the Web site. Until the bug is fixed, Cabocomm said, confidential letters, business spreadsheets - nearly all documentation on your PC - can potentially be stolen. The test showed that Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. ``firewalls'' - software designed to protect confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" steer, tip, wind, hint, lead on computer networks - offer no protection from the bug. Mike Homer, vice president of marketing for Netscape, said the Mountain View company first heard of a possible bug Monday from Cabocomm representative Christian Orellana, who asked for a ``large sum of money'' in exchange for details of the bug. When Netscape refused, Homer said, Orellana threatened to leak the information to CNNfn and PC Magazine. He followed through with the pledge Thursday. |
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