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Firefox 20 arrives - new version, some security improvements, no known vices

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Firefox 20.0 was released today.

The buglist page enumerates 3054 official changes, with eleven patched vulnerabilities, three at "Critical" level.

Paul Ducklin takes a quick look...

Microsoft advisory: Internet Explorer zero day affects most Windows versions

Microsoft advisory: Internet Explorer zero day affects most Windows versions

A newly discovered and serious security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser affects a wide swath of the company’s Windows and Internet Explorer installations, according to a Security Advisory released by the company late Monday.

A bad day for browsers, severe flaws... again

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Microsoft just posted an advisory on the recently discovered zero day flaw in Internet Explorer 6 and 7. It would appear that the workarounds are to use IE8, enable "Protected Mode" in IE7 on Vista, ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) Read more…