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- Ouch: Mozilla patches 24 total issues in Firefox, SeaMonkey, XULRunner, and Thunderbird
- Ouch: Mozilla patches 24 total issues in Firefox, SeaMonkey, XULRunner, and ThunderbirdThey got to ya' didn't they?They threaten your family, maybe pulled some funding...? :)These are old patchesNate, these vulnerabilities are all fixed with FF 2.0.14, released a month ago (April 16)._ryanJust realized...Apparently the full disclosure post was for an...
- Tags: E-mail clients, Web browsers, XULRunner, Mozilla Patches, SeaMonkey, Ouch, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- Mozilla patches Firefox latest protocol handling bug; other items
- Mozilla patches Firefox latest protocol handling bug; other itemsYes, and the fix broke JavaI installed the update last night. Websites using java no longer worked in FF. I'm going back to the previous version.RE: Mozilla patches Firefox latest protocol handling bug; other itemsNot to check fire wall and...
- Tags: Programming languages, latest protocol, Mozilla Patches Firefox, Mozilla Patches, Mozilla Corp., Java
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
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- Coming on Patch Tuesday: 8 bulletins, 6 critical
- The final Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2008 will be a big one: 8 bulletins covering serious code execution flaws in a wide range of ubiquitous software. According to the company's advance notice mechanism, six of the eight bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The...
- Tags: Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...
- Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Password stealing malware masquerades as Firefox add-on
- Malware researchers at BitDefender are reporting on a newly discovered malware (Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.B) that when once dropped in Firefox's add-ons directory starts operating as such, and attempts to steal accounting data from a predefined list of over a hundred E-banking sites. Once the accounting data is obtained, it's forwarded to a...
- Tags: Accounting, Electronic Banking, Mozilla Firefox, Password, Malware, Accounting Data, Web Browsers, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Banking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Let's be smart about patching databases
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Slavik Markovich Every quarter, around the time of the Oracle Critical Patch Update CPU or the Microsoft "Patch Tuesday," rituals take place – some behind closed doors, others in the media. Web sites report of the...
- Tags: Risk, Oracle Corp., Patch Management, Storage, Strategy, Databases, Security, Hardware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure programI Think Obviously Not Windows-OnlyWell, I hope it was a case of the surveyors or researchers appropriately delimiting their sample. As to the ZDNet headline writers, perhaps, here, we meet our Dr. Pavlov.I was facilitating a skype roll-out at the office...
- Tags: Operating systems, PC, insecure program, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows PC
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Apple's "install antivirus on your Mac" page is gone, but the idea lives on
- Apple's "install antivirus on your Mac" page is gone, but the idea lives onCrApple will dieSaying that would probably not draw ignorant Mac customers to buy iCrap so they removed it. I have been using Vista x64 for about 2 years w/o any anti virus and I enjoy using my...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, antivirus, Aesop, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, malware, game
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Should Apple worry about Songbird 1.0
- Should Apple worry about Songbird 1.0Once again, hijacking some elses workApple poured millions to develop the iPod hardware and the underlying software. It **at the insistance of the music industry** incorporated DRM.And now what? The songbird people think they are entitled to access all those iPods?And don't start about the...
- Tags: Digital music, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Media players, Game players, Web browsers, Apple Inc., Songbird, software, Apple iPod, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- 40 percent of IT jobs will be in open source, study
- 40 percent of IT jobs will be in open source, studyBahaha....And Linux will gain significant market share by 2006!!!I have heard this one before. 12 years off, but still pretty far fetched. And how close to the source do you want to consider this. If you count people...
- Tags: Financial accounting, IT job, open source, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Should Apple worry about Songbird 1.0
- If Microsoft controlled key Internet formats and were ruthless in protecting them, could Mozilla itself have gotten off the ground? That's the situation facing Songbird. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Apple Inc., Mozilla Corp., Digital Music, Open Source, Web Browsers, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Google Chrome and the extension conundrum
- Google Chrome and the extension conundrumTask managerBeing able to see how much RAM/CPU/Network each extension uses up ought to help users decide which extensions they should remove to speed up their browser.Boy, Firefox must really suckI see no other reason why Google spends so much time and money in recreating...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web traffic
- Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web trafficOther figures of note...Windows XP 66.31% Windows Vista 20.45% MacIntel 6.51% Mac OS 2.35% Windows 2000 1.56% Linux 0.83% Windows NT 0.77% Nice to put things in perspective, eh? :)Interesting that Windows is slowly losing market share.If that keeps up, Windows could...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Web Traffic, Mozilla Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web traffic
- When it comes to surfing the Web, a growing number of people used Macs, instead of a Windows computer, as well as browsers other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the month of November. According to a survey by NetApplications reported on Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog, the number...
- Tags: Web, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., NetApplications, Web Browsers, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Highlights from NetApplications data for November '08 - Firefox and Vista break 20% mark
- Highlights from NetApplications data for November '08 - Firefox and Vista break 20% markWhat's your ......obsession with NetApplications?^o^Well, the import thing is that Firefox is ABOUT 20% and rising, IE is ABOUT70% and falling. That is what we can draw from this. No need to argue about a percent or...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Apple Macintosh, NetApplications, Chrome, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- What's on my Thanksgiving/Holiday disks
- What's on my Thanksgiving/Holiday disksI just thought it was interesting because most of the software......wasn't for troubleshooting. The previous article suggested it was primarily for troubleshooting. And I don't think I was the only one who interpreted it that way given the ensuing discussion in the talkbacks.Interesting list given the...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Thanksgiving/Holiday disk, Thanksgiving/Holiday, Microsoft Windows, Parted Magic LiveCD, GParted LiveCD, disk, Acronis, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-11-26
- New worm exploiting MS08-067 flaw spotted in the wild
- Microsoft's Security Response Center and McAfee are warning on increased network scanning activity during the last couple of days courtesy of the very latest W32/Conficker.worm exploiting the already patched MS08-067 vulnerability. What's particularly interesting in the latest wave of copycat worms is that W32/Conficker.worm is patching the infected host in...
- Tags: Flaw, Malware, Worm, Tool, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- No surprise: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 planned for early January
- It's no big surprise that the Mozilla team decided for sure to release a third beta of Firefox 3.1 before moving to release candidate mode. That was all but voted on at last week's meeting I thought but Mozilla "corporate" PR folks informed me that no decision...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Mozilla Corp., Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- No IE Mobile 6 for you; what can Microsoft do about Windows Mobile?
- No IE Mobile 6 for you; what can Microsoft do about Windows Mobile?Mozilla's building ahelicopter? ;)NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!Most Windows Mobile Browsers is now the Opera mobile 9.1. Sorry Microsoft, but soon Fennec will be the #1 downloaded piece of software in the future for all Windows Mobile phones,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Handhelds, Microsoft Corp., IE Mobile, IE Mobile 6, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Internet Explorer, mobile, Microsoft Do, Microsoft Windows, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
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