Security
For Windows, Mac and Linux: Enigmail, the Thunderbird extension that makes sending and receiving encrypted email easy now has a nightly build for Thunderbird 3. This security extension for Thunderbird and Seamonkey makes encryption and decryption of sensitive data in emails just a matter of a click – by using the OpenGPG standard provided by GnuPG. More»
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The imminent update to Firefox 3.5.3 announced yesterday on this blog is now available for download. Firefox 3.5.3 is just part of Mozilla’s ongoing stability and security update process. Also available for download is Firefox 3.0.14. Both have download packets for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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The latest Mozilla Firefox is near at hand. Firefox 3.5.3 by Mozilla is already present in some official mirror servers from where you can pick it up. Update notices are not yet around but are imminent.
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Here is Matt Mullenweg, the guy behind WordPress. He is here to explain to all how to keep WordPress secure.
Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress. This particular worm, like many before it, is clever: it registers a user, uses a security bug (fixed earlier in the year) to allow evaluated code to be executed through the permalink structure, makes itself an admin, then uses JavaScript to hide itself when you look at users page, attempts to clean up after itself, then goes quiet so you never notice while it inserts hidden spam and malware into your old posts.
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