Tag: security_flaws

Update To Firefox Tightens Security

Mozilla has made a new version of Firefox available which addresses several security issues including a highly debated input validation flaw that was reported just over a week ago. The bug in question affected users who run both Firefox and Internet Explorer. Heated discussions over the last week among security experts as well as the browser makers themselves have essentially created two sides on the issue, one blaming Microsoft and the other Mozilla. While this patch protects users from being exploited by the bug, it does not correct the vulnerability that exists within IE.

Firefox 2.0.0.5 also corrects several other security flaws, two of them critical. Read More»

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Major Security Update for Apple OS X

Okay, so Apple PCs are still a lot safer than Windows PCs, but the next time an Apple owner smugly reminds you of the fact, just ask him or her whether they’ve installed the security update issued in April 19th. This fixes no less than 25 security flaws in OS X and it includes three patches for ‘Zero Day’ bugs, and vulnerabilities that would allow hackers to gain access to data. So far this year Apple has issued at least one security update each month and whilst the level of threat and number of attacks are nowhere near the level PC owners have to put up with, it does appear that Apple owners may no longer be as safe as they once used to be. Read More»

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