Critical vulnerabilities have been found with Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.7 and version 10.3.183.10 has been released. The vulnerabilities could be used by a malicious user to cause a crash and gain control over the system. The vulnerability is being used in the wild so it is highly recommended to update the Adobe Flash Player as soon as possible. There are reports that one of … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader
Adobe has released version 10.1.1 to address critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. Today's updates also include version 9.4.6 and 8.3.1 for previous versions. Adobe Acrobat 8 and Reader 8 will stop being supported November 3rd. The Security Bulletin partnered with this release details the vulnerabilities addressed with today's update: These updates … [Read more...]
Updating The DigiNotar Breach Away – Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, Google React
If you haven't been following the story so far, DigiNotar, a Dutch certificate authority that provides SSL certificates, was breached by hackers. A compromised CA doesn't exactly convey the level of trust one would want from a certificate authority. It was first detected that a wildcard SSL certificate for *.google.com was issued and Chrome threw up an additional warning when … [Read more...]
Mozilla Gets Into Do Not Track Details; Released Field Guide
Yesterday on Mozilla's Privacy Blog, they went into details regarding Firefox's Do Not Track feature. They showed the adoption rate climbing from 3% to 4.5% and the Firefox Metrics Blog further explained those numbers. In that same posting, they released The Do Not Track Field Guide for developers. The PDF includes an intro to DNT, case studies, and tutorials on implementing … [Read more...]
Know Your 4th Amendment Rights When It Comes To Police Searching Your Phone or Computer
The Fourth Amendment, the one that protects you from unreasonable government searches and seizures, how well do you know it? What about how it applies to police want to search your password-protected laptop or smartphone? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a great write-up to help you know your rights. The EFF provides this helpful information on their website, as a 1-page … [Read more...]