Tag Archives: Security

Adobe patches Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader

Posted on August 19, 2010 by tPetaccia

Adobe has patched a number of potentially dangerous security holes with the company’s release of it’s free PDF reader Adobe Reader 9.3.4 (for Mac, Windows, and Linux) and the commercial PDF creation application Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.3.4 (Mac/Win). The updates resolve … Continue reading →

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Apple patches Safari web browser

Posted on July 28, 2010 by tPetaccia

Apple has posted Safari 5.0.1 – its web browser for Mac and Windows operating systems. The update officially enables Safari Extensions by default, and formally establishes the Apple Extensions Gallery. Extensions are third-party plug-ins that enhance overall functionality, similar to … Continue reading →

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Mozilla pushes out Firefox 3.6.6 update

Posted on June 28, 2010 by tPetaccia

Mozilla has issued Firefox 3.6.6 of its popular web browser. This patch corrects an issue introduced with last week’s release of 3.6.4. The new version modifies the crash protection feature to increase the amount of time that plugins are allowed … Continue reading →

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Apple posts Tiger security update

Posted on December 15, 2008 by tPetaccia

Apple has posted Security Update “2008-008″ for Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.11). According to the docs, this latest update (separate downloads for Intel, PPC, and Server) corrects issues relating to a number of maliciously crafted ISO archives, images, ISO files, … Continue reading →

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