For all of the Opera users out there, it has recently been made available that a buffer overflow can allow users with outdated Opera browsers to remotely execute code onto your system. More about the vulnerability below:

Opera users are being urged to upgrade to a new version of the browser following the discovery of a potentially serious security bug.

The flaw means that vulnerable versions of the browsers will crash when visiting maliciously constructed web sites containing overly long (more than 256 bytes) URLs. Successful exploitation of this heap-based buffer overflow flaw creates a means for hackers to load malware onto the machines of visiting surfers.

Read the rest HERE.

Since we primarily use Firefox as our browser of choice, our best recommendation would be to update your Opera to the most current version available. Doing so should fix the problem.

Tags: Malware