” In 10 up and coming Firefox add-ons, I’m looking at some interesting add-ons have made an impact in a particular month. What you will get is a short review of each add-on, with links pointing directly to the add-on’s profile page over at the Mozilla website. “ Source: Ghacks Technology Newsletter 10 Up and Coming Firefox Add-ons [May 2012]
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April 23, 2012 Summary: A new Flashback Trojan has been discovered that infects Macs without prompting the user for a password. If you haven’t updated Java on your Mac, or disabled it entirely, you could be a victim. “ Source: ZDNet More New Flashback variant silently infects Macs
Interesting read. GENEVA, Switzerland — The best revolutionaries eventually find themselves hailed in tributes and enshrined in museums. So it’s almost inevitable that nearly 30 years after the official birthdate of the internet, some of the net’s best-known pioneers, radicals, and troublemakers are being inducted into the Internet Society’s Hall of Fame… “ More Source: Epicenter | Wired.com Address : The Internet Gets a Hall of Fame (Including Al Gore!) April 23, 2012 Go get it.
The FBI is warning that hundreds of thousands of individuals could lose access to the internet come July 9 unless they disinfect and remove a malware Trojan off their computers.DNS Changer can infect both Windows and Mac systems. Linux users are safe, as are those using iPhones, iPads, Android devices and other systems… “ 4/23/2012 | Source: Forbes More FBI: Disinfect Your Computer Or Risk Losing Internet Access Come July
Mozilla developers are working on a new Firefox feature that will block the automated display of plug-in-based content like Flash videos, Java applets or PDF files, and will protect users from attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in browser plug-ins to install malware on their computers.Known as “click to play,” this feature has been present in the popular NoScript Firefox security extension for many years, as well as in other browsers like Google Chrome and Opera… “ Source: PCWorld Business CenterMore Upcoming Firefox Click-to-play Feature Will Stop Automated Plug-in Exploits
April 11, 2012 Adobe’s flagship PDF Reader/Acrobat software contains multiple security vulnerabilities that expose computer users to dangerous hacker attacks. “ Source: ZDNetMore Adobe warns of Reader X security holes Or, try… Foxit PDF Reader, the program that many consider to be a faster, lighter, more able Windows alternative to Adobe Reader, has recently jumped to version 5.0. This newest release comes with many of the same solid features, a few new ones, and an upgraded interface. “ Source: Download.com : Foxit Reader Go get it.
Update:I am using the JDK IcedTea plugin and it was disabled but shouldn’t have been. This and other problems have been fixed but you may have to do some cleaning to get the fix to work.Apple users see this link. Source: TidBITS Safe Computing – 10 Apr 2012 Fix Firefox to Show Updated Java Plug-In Others (this says Windows but worked on my Linux version): This is fixed in production now. The block should now work as a softblock. If you had your plugin disabled here’s how to re-enable it: 1) Open about:support. 2) Look for the Profile Directory…
I am running Javaless at the moment as, when Firefox disabled it, I just removed it.Since there are many programs that use Java technology I will have to deal with it at some point. As OS vendors get better about patching their own flaws, malware authors are increasingly turning to third-party code to get their dirty work done, and Java is high on the list. It’s easy to say, “Just don’t use Java,” but what if a program you use requires it? I’ve got a list of problem apps and solutions… “ Source: ZDNet How big a security risk…
Released yesterday (March 28). Adobe has released a software update for Flash Player that fixes two critical bugs and, most notably, now enables automatic security updates. “ Source: Technology & science – Security – msnbc.com Adobe fixes Flash bugs, enables auto updates Check your other plugin here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
…According to Mozilla chairman Mitchell Baker, not supporting H.264 “has not worked” and Mozilla has decided to ship a product that people should want. “Our first approach at bringing open codecs to the Web has ended up at an impasse on mobile, but we’re not done yet,” Baker wrote. “We shouldn’t beat ourselves up for somehow failing to live up to Mozilla’s values. We’ll find a way around this impasse.” In a much more detailed post, Eich lists the reasons why H.264 is the only option for mobile at this time and indicates that desktop may be impacted as…