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  • Web browser security tutorial: Safari, IE, Firefox browser protection

    Newly updated: This Web browser security tutorial identifies the inherent flaws of Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, introduces viable Web browser alternatives and provides tools and tactics to maximize your Web browsing security and browser pro... 

  • Spyware Protection and Removal Tutorial

    This free spyware protection and removal tutorial is a compilation of free resources that explain what spyware is, how it attacks and most importantly what you can to do to win the war on spyware. 

  • State-based attacks: Session management

    In this excerpt from Chapter 4 of "How to Break Web Software: Functional and Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services," authors Mike Andrews and James A. Whittaker identify session management techniques Web developers should use to prote... 

  • Firefox security

    What if Firefox was as big a target as Internet Explorer? Would it still be the more secure option? Confessed Microsoft enthusiast Brien Posey examines the reality of Firefox's more secure reputation. 

  • SearchSecurity.com's top clicks of 2005

    SearchSecurity.com's top five tips, news articles and learning tools from 2005. 

  • Gaining access using application and operating system attacks

    In this excerpt from Chapter 7 of Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses, Second Edition, authors Ed Skoudis and Tom Liston explain how security professionals can use exploit frameworks to their advanta... 

  • Web Security School Lesson 3

    In Lesson 3 of Web Security School, Michael Cobb teaches you how to plan and implement Web directory structures and permissions, and manage secure Web development. Also, a primer on secure coding and data management, and procedures for combating Web ... 

  • Is spyware getting the best of you?

    With spyware present in the majority of corporate PCs, chances are good that it's rampant in your systems. Find out how much you know about beating spyware with this quiz. 

  • Test drive: Firefox enhancements make IE look like an 'artifact'

    Our reviewer takes Firefox 1.0.1 for a spin. 

About Web Browser Security

This resource center provides news, expert advice, and learning tools regarding browser security including flaws, threats, problems, errors and vulnerabilities and offers solutions for patching and fixing them. This section covers Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome and more.