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Mozilla refines Firefox's private browsing, patches 13 browser bugs
2013-04-03 14:17:09| InfoWorld: Top News
Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 20, adding more flexible private browsing and patching 13 vulnerabilities, five rated "critical" by the company's security team. Along with the privacy change, Mozilla also revamped Firefox's download manager and added a crash tool that warns when a plug-in has hung for at least 11 seconds. Users can then shut down the offending plug-in rather than rebooting the browser.
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Microsoft quietly patches first Metro app for Windows 8, RT
2013-03-29 20:42:54| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft earlier this week quietly issued its first security update for one of its Windows 8/RT apps, patching a link-spoofing vulnerability in Mail. Two weeks ago, Microsoft spelled out plans for updating its own Metro apps, the programs that run in Windows 8's and Windows RT's tile-based UI. Then, Microsoft said it would issue security updates on the fly, not just on its regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday each month.
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Apple updates Mountain Lion, patches Safari
2013-03-15 15:46:45| InfoWorld: Top News
Apple yesterday updated OS X Mountain Lion for the first time in six months, patching 14 security vulnerabilities and addressing a host of other issues. Alongside the operating system update, Apple also upgraded the Safari browser to version 6.0.3, fixing 17 security flaws.
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Microsoft to roll out Windows Store app patches quickly
2013-03-13 13:02:06| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft will release security updates for applications in its Windows Store as those patches are available in order to speed up the updating process. The policy will apply to applications that are preinstalled on Windows 8 but updated through the Windows Store, such as Mail, wrote Mike Reavey, senior director of the Microsoft Security Response Center, part of the company's Trustworthy Computing group.
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Microsoft's latest patches address new USB hack
2013-03-13 01:43:00| CNET News.com
The software giant discovers a Windows vulnerability that lets attackers gain access to data in locked or logged-off computers with a USB thumb drive. [Read more]
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