# Fatemah Alharbi identified a browser security flaw affecting macOS, Ubuntu, and Windows

DevFeed: [Fatemah Alharbi identified a browser security flaw affecting macOS, Ubuntu, and Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/fatemah-alharbi-ald26-findingada-86124.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/13/fatemah-alharbi-ald26-findingada/>)

Author: Jessie Mae

Published: 2026-10-13T13:16:06Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Adafruit Industries](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/adafruit-industries-makers-hackers-artists-designers-and-engineers.md>)

Topics: [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [network security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network-security.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>)

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## AI overview

Fatemah Alharbi, a computer science professor and cybersecurity researcher, found a flaw in security systems for Apple macOS, Ubuntu, and Microsoft Windows. The flaw could force browsers to visit attacker-controlled sites and potentially expose personal information. Apple released an update and credited her for reporting it.

## Source excerpt

Fatemah Alharbi is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia, specializing in cybersecurity, the Internet of Things (IoT) and more. Via FindingAda Dr Fatemah Alharbi, فاطمة الحربي, is an award-winning cybersecurity consultant, researcher and computer scientist who works to detect and analyse weak spots in security networks. In 2019, she made [...]