Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
On today’s Firefox 3 status meeting, the need for a second release candidate was confirmed and it has been tentatively targeted for early June.
RC2 will fix about a couple dozen bugs including some top crashers, some affecting performance and localization related. Most of the bugs already have patches waiting for ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Complexity is the enemy of security. Simple systems are inherently more secure than complex solutions. We see this idea validated again and again in security.
Unfortunately, our IT systems are getting more and more complex as we depend on technology to fuel business growth and innovation. But do we really need ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
The major change is both tools now support 64-bit targets! Good news for us.
pwdump6 is a password hash dumper for Windows 2000 and later systems. It is capable of dumping LanMan and NTLM hashes as well as password hash histories. It is based on pwdump3e, and should be stable on ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
An unpatched bug in Adobe Systems' Flash Player software is being exploited by online criminals, Symantec reported Monday.
Few details on the bug are available, but the flaw lies in the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player browser plugin, which is widely used by Internet surfers to view animated Web ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
You already know how to create multiple user profiles in Firefox for various types of online work; but if you're trying to troubleshoot an existing Firefox profile, start up the 'fox in "Safe Mode" to disable add-ons or reset other custom configuration. Use firefox -safe-mode at the command line for ...
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