{"id":163,"date":"2008-06-05T14:42:35","date_gmt":"2008-06-05T13:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2008-06-05T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2008-06-05T13:42:35","slug":"microsoft-unhappy-with-safari-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/microsoft-unhappy-with-safari-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Unhappy with Safari on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of weeks, a controversy has been brewing over a problem with Apple&#8217;s Safari browser on Windows. Nitesh Dhanjani found that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhanjani.com\/archives\/2008\/05\/safari_carpet_bomb.html\">there is a Safari carpet bombing issue<\/a>, whereby maliciously crafted web pages can cause Safari on windows to download files automatically, &#8220;carpet bombing&#8221; a Windows PC by downloading dozens or even hundreds of files to the Desktop. The risk is that these files may be malicious &#8211; not necessarily containing malware, but rather scripts, links to websites, or other deceit-ware that can trick users into double-clicking them. The actual downloads aren&#8217;t the real problem, but the possibility of combining this with a more serious attack could lead Safari to become a major vector of Windows insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has reacted, issuing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/technet\/security\/advisory\/953818.mspx\">security advisory<\/a> about a possible &#8220;blended threat&#8221; using carpet bombing and other techniques to harm PCs. They do point out that they are unaware of any actual threats in the wild, but their advisory is a clear statement that they are unhappy with Apple&#8217;s not rectifying this situation. 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