Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox

An anonymous reader writes "The open-source Firefox Web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said Saturday afternoon. An attacker could commandeer a computer running the browser simply by crafting a Web page that contains some malicious JavaScript code, Mischa Spiegelmock and Andrew Wbeelsoi said in a presentation at the ToorCon hacker conference here."

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Offtopic: Nice last names, guys

[BeeBeard]

If you had to pick between having a last name of "Spiegelmock" or "Wbeelsoi", which one would you go with? I'd have to pick Wbeelsoi, because it would be funny to watch most native English speakers trip over that "W+b" letter combination.

Intersting Spin

[chrpai]

Intersting.... a searh of Slashdot for 'zero day' reveals that when it's an IE explot it's a certainty to exist but when it's a Firefox exploit it's `claimed`. Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox Zero-Day IE Exploit In the Wild Sep 18, 2006 Microsoft Confirms Excel Zero-Day Attack MS Word Zero-Day Exploit Found PowerPoint 0-Day Points to Corporate Espionage Another Zero-Day IE Scripting Exploit Zero-Day IE Exploit Takes Control of PCs