Jul
24
2009
Microsoft is releasing a pair of critical Windows security updates on July 28th. This is highly unusual. Microsoft normally issues security fixes on the second Tuesday of the month — “Patch Tuesday.” When they release an out-of-band update like this, it is usually because it deals with a critical vulnerability that is being actively exploited. [...]
Tags: Internet Explorer, security patches, security updates, Visual Studio, web browser vulnerabilities
Jul
16
2009
Firefox 3.5.1. has just been released to fix a potentially critical vulnerability. It’s not listed on the regular download page yet, but should be shortly. A couple of days ago, proof-of-concept code was posted showing how a malicious web site could trigger a “drive-by download” when a page was viewed with Firefox 3.5. The 3.5.1 [...]
Tags: Firefox, security updates, web browser vulnerabilities