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Firefox: Critical Trojan Threat on Nobel Peace Prize Website

Calendar Oct 28, 2010 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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security advisory patch browser fix Mozilla Firefox Trojan threat Shockwave Adobe update
Rapid action saw Mozilla issue a fix for the flaw exploited on the Nobel Peace Prize website within 48 hours of its discovery. After a week, Adobe has rolled out a patch for Shockwave. Visitors using Mozilla Firefox browsers to view the Nobel Peace Prize website were alarmed to find that a Trojan had been secreted there. Within two days of receiving a report from Norwegian security firm Telenor, the patch had been issued for versions 3.5 and 3.6 of the browser.

The company has issued a statement that assures users of the Firefox 4 beta that they are safe, even though their browsers had the same flaw.

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