Opera Web Browser Feeling Left Out – Had To Find A Security Hole To Call Their Own
Users of the popular (or maybe not so much) web browser Opera no longer have to feel left out. Now you too can suffer from a security vulnerability!
Though a number of security websites are claiming that this hole in Opera can be used to execute code remotely, Opera officials themselves are playing it down, saying that an exploit really can only be used to cause the web browser to crash; not to actually execute code. They also say that enabling Data Execution Prevention (DEP) will mitigate any possible damage that an exploit could possibly cause. (Assuming that you have it turned on. Which you probably should.)
Time may tell whether the remote execution extremists are right, or whether Opera representatives really are telling the truth when they say it’s a crash-only bug.
And then again, time may not tell.
Because Opera coders are working right now on a fix that should be available shortly. They have no intention of leaving their web browser insecure.
But also, how many hackers do you really know who target Opera in the first place? What percentage of net denizens even use the browser? And what percentage of that percentage use it on an operating system that’s insecure by default?
Yeah. Kinda puts it all into perspective there, doesn’t it?
