Adobe and VideoLAN have released security updates for some of their software programs today. Adobe released a new version of Adobe Flash Player which fixes a security vulnerability in the popular application. The security bulletin reveals that an important security vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.16 and earlier on all supported operating [...]

Categories: Security

WordPress has just released a new version of the popular blogging platform. WordPress 3.1.2 is a security update which makes it a mandatory update for all self-hosted WordPress sites. The update “addresses a vulnerability that allowed Contributor-level users to improperly publish posts” notes Ryan Boren at the official WordPress blog. The WordPress developers suggest to [...]

Categories: Security, Web Development

VLC Media Player is one of the most popular media players, next to Windows Media Player and MPlayer frontends. A high popularity usually has the downside that criminals try to find and exploit security vulnerabilities in the software or service. Several of the most recent updates of VLC were or did include security updates that [...]

Categories: Security, Software

If you follow this blog closely you may have noticed that several browser developers have pushed security updates in the past week (see Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Security Updates for instance) that block several invalid digital certificates to protect users from attacks exploiting those certificates. Microsoft is currently pushing out a Windows Update that addresses [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft updated their Microsoft Baselines Security Analyzer software recently to make the software compatible with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The concept of the program remains unchanged: To offer system administrators and end users a comfortable way of assessing the security state of a Windows computer system. Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can assess [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

A new version of the excellent web browser Opera has been released today. The browser which many Opera users consider superior to the other major browsers is stuck at about 2% market share which is slowly on the rise according to the Browser Statistics published by W3Schools. The new version of Opera is a recommended [...]

Categories: Browsing, Opera