by certifiedbug on December 30, 2011
in Browser
The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:
Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion
Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion
Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Added support for font-stretch
Improved support for text-overflow
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
Fixed several stability issues
Fixed several security issues
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/9.0/releasenotes/
Download Firefox 9.0.1 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
by certifiedbug on November 8, 2011
in Browser
The latest version of Firefox fixes several stability and security issues.
MFSA 2011-52 Code execution via NoWaiverWrapper
MFSA 2011-51 Cross-origin image theft on Mac with integrated Intel GPU
MFSA 2011-50 Cross-origin data theft using canvas and Windows D2D
MFSA 2011-49 Memory corruption while profiling using Firebug
MFSA 2011-48 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:8.0)
MFSA 2011-47 Potential XSS against sites using Shift-JIS
Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default.
For a complete list of changes see the release notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/8.0/releasenotes/
If you do not receive an update notice when using the application, select “Check for Updates” from the Help menu.
Download Firefox 8.0 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
by certifiedbug on October 6, 2011
in Microsoft
Security TechCenter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-oct
Preliminary information, subject to change. The bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month, October 11, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT.
Advanced notification on the release of eight security bulletins, two Critical and six Important, to address 23 vulnerabilities across Internet Explorer, .NET Framework & Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Forefront UAG, and Microsoft Host Integration Server.
Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on October 12, 2011, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the October Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.
