Mozilla is working on patching its Firefox browser after a hacker posted details of a flaw that could let criminals run unauthorized software on a victim's machine. The flaw lies in Firefox's URL handler component, which was the source of another bug Mozilla disclosed Tuesday. This second flaw was disclosed Tuesday by Billy Rios and Nathan McFeters, security consultants with Verisign and Ernst & Young respectively.
Like the first flaw, this one could be exploited by attackers to launch programs on the victim's PC without authorization, said Tyler Reguly, a security research engineer at nCircle Network Security. "They're both related to the URL handling process," he said "It's just different errors within that handling process." Even though the code posted by Rios and McFeters can only be used to launch software that is already installed on a victim's PC, it could be very dangerous if used by criminals, Reguly said. "It's still letting you run any program that exists on the user's computer," he said. "You can make it do some fairly bad things. For example, having it use command-line FTP to download a malicious file off a server somewhere and then execute that file."
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World of Warcraft Has More Subscribers Than NYC Population
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it’s incredibly successful MMORPG, World of Warcraft, has surpassed more than 9 million subscribers worldwide. "We're thrilled that gamers around the world have continued to embrace World of Warcraft so enthusiastically," said Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment®. "We've worked hard to provide a compelling experience for our players, and we plan to continue updating the game with exciting new content for them to enjoy for many years to come." The milestone news comes as Blizzard works with its partner The9 to prepare for the release of the games first expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, in China.
Since its North American release in November 2004, World of Warcraft has achieved many accolades including becoming the best selling PC game of 2005 and 2006 and has maintained a top spot throughout much of 2007. The Burning Crusade expansion pack continued that trend earlier this year by breaking sales records around the world, selling over 2 million copies within 24 hours of its official retail sales launch and over 3 million copies in it’s first month.
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Like the first flaw, this one could be exploited by attackers to launch programs on the victim's PC without authorization, said Tyler Reguly, a security research engineer at nCircle Network Security. "They're both related to the URL handling process," he said "It's just different errors within that handling process." Even though the code posted by Rios and McFeters can only be used to launch software that is already installed on a victim's PC, it could be very dangerous if used by criminals, Reguly said. "It's still letting you run any program that exists on the user's computer," he said. "You can make it do some fairly bad things. For example, having it use command-line FTP to download a malicious file off a server somewhere and then execute that file."
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World of Warcraft Has More Subscribers Than NYC Population
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it’s incredibly successful MMORPG, World of Warcraft, has surpassed more than 9 million subscribers worldwide. "We're thrilled that gamers around the world have continued to embrace World of Warcraft so enthusiastically," said Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment®. "We've worked hard to provide a compelling experience for our players, and we plan to continue updating the game with exciting new content for them to enjoy for many years to come." The milestone news comes as Blizzard works with its partner The9 to prepare for the release of the games first expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, in China.
Since its North American release in November 2004, World of Warcraft has achieved many accolades including becoming the best selling PC game of 2005 and 2006 and has maintained a top spot throughout much of 2007. The Burning Crusade expansion pack continued that trend earlier this year by breaking sales records around the world, selling over 2 million copies within 24 hours of its official retail sales launch and over 3 million copies in it’s first month.
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