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Archive for August, 2009

OSX 10.5.8 Patches and Firefox 3.5.2 released

Apple released 18 updates for some issues, but nothing critical… No zero-day attacks, but as always, it is worth the free update and will provide some protection.  Some issues include networking with Appletalk, which isn’t used as much as TCP/IP and is found more often in pure Apple environments as opposed to mixed (pc/apple).  Most of the issues are just obscure issues and require a user’s username and password to abuse.  Just run your normal software updates by clicking the Apple icon on the top left of your screen and choosing “software updates”.

Firefox released 3.5.2 and 3.0.13 to address some security issues that affect Java applets, which are very simply speaking, programs that run inside of Firefox.  I strongly suggest you check out Firefox 3.5 instead of 3.0 as it is noticably faster than 3.0 if you are a firefox user.  Checkout Firefox for the free download and don’t forget to uninstall any of your old Firefox browers…..

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Adobe Acrobat and Flash Player patches and why does Adobe get picked on so much?

Adobe seems to be getting picked on so much over the past year compared to Microsoft, Sun, or other companies.  The answer is simple, Adobe products are used on many platforms, from Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, and others, if a hacker can exploit a flaw in an Adobe product, there is so much more marketshare out there for them to use.  So without further to do……

Adobe has released patches for Adobe Acrobat, Air, and Flash player for an odd exploit.  The exploit takes advantage Flash running inside of a PDF file, which most people have never seen as opposed to never use.  This patch is still  important as this has been exploited in the wild by websites that offer these files and email links, but the patches are free if you are not being patched automatically by us, check out AcrobatReader, FlashPlayer, and AIR.  Normally, I wouldn’t bring up Adobe AIR, which is flash for your desktop, but most Adobe products tend to slip in Adobe AIR on your computer, which means it is time to get that updated, too.

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Microsoft Out-of-Band patch

Microsoft released two critical updates for Internet Explorer which is a follow up patch to an emergency patch from a month ago (that we didn’t post on this blog while we were remodeling, but contacted our clients).  The patch from a month ago can still be exploited through a workaround on the hackers end.  Here is a nice demo of the attack that you can view here courtesy of Hustle Labs. Check out Microsoft for the free patch if Complete Solutions isn’t managing your patches and keeping your network safe….

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