Archive for Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Firefox turns 6!

Posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 by El Guru in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 4.0, Mozilla News
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Mozilla celebrates the 6th anniversary of the release of Firefox (Firefox 1.0) on November 9th. Mozilla is inviting people to join in the celebration,

This year, to celebrate Firefox and the Mozilla community’s work promoting innovation, choice and openness on the Web, we ask for your help to showcase how people love and use Firefox in your part of the world. Just send us a postcard with your message about Firefox and your FoxCard will be featured in our Mountain View or Paris offices. You can even win Firefox goodies when you send in your FoxCard. Check out our FoxCards page on Facebook or Spread Firefox for more information.

Also Mozilla is asking for people to help test Firefox 4 Beta. You can read more and see a ‘cool’ photo from the Mozilla Summit 2010 this past July in Whistler, BC, Canada at The Mozilla Blog.

Detect FireSheep snoop software

Posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 by gareon in Add-ons, Firefox
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” Researchers from security firm Zscaler have published free software that detects when users’ web connections are being monitored by a controversial tool that steals log-in credentials from Facebook, Google and dozens of other websites.
Dubbed BlackSheep, the Firefox extension alerts users when computers on a local area network are using FireSheep to steal unencrypted cookies the websites use to grant users access to their account pages. When BlackSheep detects the snoop software in a hotspot or other open Wi-Fi network, it displays a message that reads “Somebody is using FireSheep on this network.” It then displays the LAN IP address of the offending party… “

8th November 2010

Source: The Register
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/08/firesheep_detection_tool/
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   Gary    

Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3 addresses multiple vulnerabilities

Posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 by gareon in Browsers, Firefox
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” Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3 addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the widely-installed software for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. A corresponding update for the Android version is expected by November 9 (US time).
“Issues addressed by the update include multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (including one that was specific to Windows and ActiveX), a denial of service vulnerability with potential for arbitrary code execution, an input validation vulnerability that could lead to a bypass of cross-domain policy file restrictions, a library-loading vulnerability with potential code execution, and an information disclosure vulnerability that was specific to Safari on Mac OS X… “


Monday, 08 November 2010

Source: iTWire
http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/security/42984-another-flash-update-patches-multiple-vulnerabilities

 


Gary