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Watch-out for Mozilla’s security updates for Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation, the software group behind the Firefox browser, has released five security advisories relating to its Firefox and Thunderbird software.
Three of the notices relate to critical vulnerabilities, with the two just classed as “moderate”, while all of which could potentially allow a hacker to executive arbitrary code.
It is understood the US-CERT department is advising Firefox users to upgrade to version 3.0.18, 3.5.8 or 3.6. Thunderbird users have been told to upgrade to 3.0.2, with SeaMonkey users also advised to upgrade to 2.0.3.
The notices come after Mozilla employee Jess Ruderman wrote in a security blog post last week the company has begun to deliver updates and notices about security problems more quickly.
Adobe hit by a major security vulnerability
Hot on the heels of controversy over known vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader 9.3.0, according to reports the Adobe Download Manager is flawed with a bug that allegedly allows hackers to remotely install malicious files on user’s PCs.
It has been suggested that the Download Manager is an ActiveX script that is widely used to install a variety of software and patches across Adobe’s network.
An Israeli security researcher Aviv Raff has identified the flaw which allows a third party application to be installed on the remote machine if users More »
I Like ! ” soapUI ” tool to test Web services !
SOA and Web services have revolutionized the way we work with Web applications and exchange data, but they can be very difficult to debug problems during development. There are numerous options available depending upon your development environment. The caveat is working with a Web service — yours or a third-party — once it has been rolled out. This is where the soapUI tool enters the picture.
Features of soapUI
The soapUI is designed to simplify the testing of your Web services; I also find it useful for interacting with third-party Web services to get a better idea of what to expect in the response, as well as what to include in the response. It was especially useful in a recent project utilizing ChannelAdvisor Web services. Using soapUI, I was able to figure out the data expected in More »
