Massive security flaw puts most popular browsers at risk on Mac

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Security researchers have found that websites with ".com" domains can communicate with services on a local network and run unauthorized code using the address 0.0.0.0.

What's concerning is that this vulnerability has been present in these browsers for the past 18 years and has only been discovered now.The 0.0.0.0 Day vulnerability was discovered by the Israeli app security firm Oligo and subsequently reported by The Hacker News.

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Author / Journalist: Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report

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