Monthly Archives: July 2009

Security update available for Adobe Flash (10.0.32.18)

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

Summary [1] Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in the current versions of Adobe Flash Player (v9.0.159.0 and v10.0.22.87) for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to … Continue reading →

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System Administrator Appreciation Day

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

It’s *that* time of year again; July 31, 2009 (Last Friday Of July) 10th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day Friday, July 31, 2009, is the 10th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator … Continue reading →

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Security update available for Shockwave Player (11.5.1.601)

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

Summary [1] Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.0.600 and earlier versions on Windows leverages a vulnerable version of the Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) described in Microsoft Security Advisory (973882). This vulnerability could allow an attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability to … Continue reading →

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Collingwood Papal Succession?

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

After each voting session, ballots are burned. If the vote is inconclusive, a chemical substance is added to the paper to produce black smoke. Billowing from the roof of the Vatican Palace, the smoke is a message to the crowds … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2009-07-27)

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

Skype to close? eBay says it may have to shut down Skype due to a licensing dispute with the founders of the internet telephony service. The surprise admission puts a cloud over the 40 million active daily users around the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security – Two out-of-band security bulletins (Jul-2009)

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

Microsoft has notified us of two out-of-band security bulletins with a target release for 10:00 AM Pacific Time next Tuesday, 2009-Jul-28 {4:00 am – AEST (ACT, NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria)}. This will be only the third Microsoft out-of-band security patch … Continue reading →

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Zero-day in Adobe Flash player

Posted on July 23, 2009 by

A quick heads up about this one. It is in the wild, no patch, and low antivirus vendor detection. If you see a machine misbehaving after opening an external Acrobat file, update the AV and scan. (McAfee DAT5684 (2009.07.22) detects … Continue reading →

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Jens Voigt Crash – Tour de France ’09 – Stage 16

Posted on July 22, 2009 by

Good to hear Jens Voight, who crashed at the TDF today is in good shape. Only concussion, stitches and broken cheek. Watching the broadcast last night it looked like Jens may have suffered more extensive injuries. Jens Voigt Crash Tour … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0.12

Posted on July 22, 2009 by

Mozilla released Firefox 3.0.12 on July 21, 2009 Firefox 3.0.12 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.11: fixed several security issues, fixed several stability issues. Fixed in Firefox 3.0.12 [1] MFSA 2009-40 Multiple cross origin wrapper bypasses MFSA 2009-39 setTimeout … Continue reading →

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40th Anniversary of Moon Landing

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

LINKS: [1] Apollo 11 anniversary Radio and TV Guide [ABC] [2] Land on the Moon in Google Earth [Google]

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