Security flaw in Firefox and IE

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A security flaw has been discovered in Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox 2 and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 web browsers. Hackers can use this flaw to capture the username and password of users.

Firefox’s Password Manager Software seems to be the source of the flaw. This software automatically fills the username and password into another login page. A hacker can make use of this flaw by creating a fake login page and the browser would be tricked into providing the username and password.

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