By Joe Lofshult, on June 8th, 2010%
Adobe issued a security advisory for their Flash Player, Acrobat Reader, and Acrobat. The vulnerability is currently being exploited on the Internet. From the advisory:
A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for . . . → Read More: Adobe Security Alert
By Joe Lofshult, on July 31st, 2009%
The Firefox browser passes billion milestone
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Clampi virus targets companies’ financial accounts
Microsoft’s Emergency Patch Mess
Critical Update for Adobe Flash Player
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By Joe Lofshult, on July 22nd, 2009%
If you’ve been using Firefox 3.5 and are concerned about the reported vulnerabilities in it, you should download version . . . → Read More: Firefox 3.5.1
By Joe Lofshult, on April 24th, 2009%
The developers of Firefox released a new version this week to fix several security vulnerabilities. If you have Firefox configured to automatically download the latest version (the default), you should not have to do anything to get the update.
An article from CNet reports on how the Conficker worm got into some critical hospital systems. It’s written . . . → Read More: Weekend Reading from Around the Web
By Joe Lofshult, on March 27th, 2009%
The developers of the Firefox browser are rushing to develop a fix for a critical vulnerability just discovered that could let an attacker execute code on your system if you visit sites with the exploit on them. The vulnerability affects Firefox versions on Windows, Mac, and Linux. NoScript, a plugin every Firefox user should have, can . . . → Read More: Best Weekend Reading From Around The Web