Mozilla Foundation and other activist groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation have called for the release of Bassel Khartabil, an open-source developer who was detained on March 15 in the Mazzeh district of Damascus in a wave of ...
Tags: Mozilla, Syria, open source developer
Cybercriminals are using a new PDF exploit that bypasses the sandbox security features in Adobe Reader X and XI, in order to install banking malware on computers, according to researchers from Russian security firm Group-IB. The zero-day ...
Tags: PDF, Cybercriminals, Adobe Reader, Group-IB
The most recent update for Mozilla's Firefox web browser has been taken offline one day after release because of a newly discovered security vulnerability. Mozilla has not indicated how many users could be vulnerable, but claims that ...
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IDG News Service - Mozilla Firefox 16 was released on Tuesday and addresses numerous security vulnerabilities, many of which are rated as critical. The new version of Firefox was accompanied by 14 security advisories, 11 rated as ...
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Two security researchers claim to have developed a new attack that can decrypt session cookies from HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) connections. Websites use session cookies to remember authenticated users. If an attacker gains ...
Tags: Data Center, HTTPS, computer security, security research
PC World-After numerous delays along the way,OpenSUSE Linux 12.2 on Wednesday finally made its long-awaited debut. "Two months of extra stabilization work have resulted into a stellar release,chock-full of goodies,yet stable as you all ...
Tags: OpenSUSE Linux, Improvements, faster speeds, improved infrastructure
While java hacks are an almost weekly occurrence,a zero-day exploit discovered yesterday looks set to become unusually disruptive,as Oracle has so far offered no solution,and experts are recommending users turn off Java off unless ...
Tags: Java exploit, attacks escalate, Oracle, Java 7
Security firm Entrust has announced that it is withdrawing from a voluntary online security standards organisation that it co-founded and co-chaired for six years. The move follows the introduction of a mandatory Intellectual Property ...
Tags: SSL, CA/Browser Forum, Security firm, the IPR policy