With Windows port, a bug-hunting Safari for Apple

by admin June 13, 2007 at 1:14 pm

Although Safari 3.0 is beta code, researcher says Apple’s team should have tested it more carefully as 18 bugs have already been found

Security researchers have jumped on Apple’s beta version of the Safari browser, digging up as many as 18 bugs in the software, just one day after its release.

Researchers Aviv Raff , David Maynor, and Thor Larholm all reported flaws in the browser shortly after it was made available on Monday. Maynor alone said he’d discovered six bugs, including two that could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim’s PC.

Full story: infoworld.com