Monthly Archives: September 2009

Firefox 3.0.14

Mozilla released Firefox 3.0.14 on September 09th, 2009 Firefox 3.0.14 fixes several security issues found in Firefox 3.0.13. Fixed in Firefox 3.0.14 [1] MFSA 2009-51 Chrome privilege escalation with FeedWriter MFSA 2009-50 Location bar spoofing via tall line-height Unicode characters … Continue reading

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Firefox 3.5.3

Firefox v.3.5.3 was released September 9th, 2009 fixing several issues; * Several security issues. * Several stability issues. Fixed in Firefox 3.5.3 [3] MFSA 2009-51 Chrome privilege escalation with FeedWriter MFSA 2009-50 Location bar spoofing via tall line-height Unicode characters … Continue reading

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Microsoft SMB2 Zero Day

A current zero day in the MS SMB2 protocol that deserves attention. … Our investigation has shown that Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 RC are affected by this vulnerability. Windows 7 RTM, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows … Continue reading

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iTunes 9.0.0 + QuickTime 7.6.4

iTunes 9.0.0 Apple have released iTunes 9.0.0; SAN FRANCISCO—September 9, 2009—Apple® today introduced iTunes® 9, the latest version of the world’s most popular software application to purchase, manage and play media, packed with innovative features such as iTunes LP, Home … Continue reading

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Patch Tuesday Wednesday (SEP-2009)

This month we have 5 new security bulletins, a restart will be required. This month we released five critical bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Windows and protect customers from two types of threats: 1. Browser based attacks where websites hosting … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2009-09-07)

Managing Geeks I can sum up every article, book and column written by notable management experts about managing IT in two sentences: “Geeks are smart and creative, but they are also egocentric, antisocial, managerially and business-challenged, victim-prone, bullheaded and credit-whoring. … Continue reading

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Patch Tuesday, a Heads Up. (Sep-2009)

Next scheduled release: August 11, 2009 The heads up for this month is; On Tuesday 9th September (US time; Wednesday 10th September AU time) Microsoft expect to release six (5) new security bulletins, all affecting Windows. September 2009 bulletin Release … Continue reading

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Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5

Apple have released (03 September 2009) an updates for Java for Mac OS X. Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 These updates fix vulnerabilities in which accessing a web page with a specially crafted Java applet could result … Continue reading

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Netbooks are not Notebooks

Earlier this year we added the HP Mini 2140 to our SOE line up, this model has been selected as it fits very well into our fleet. So well in fact that it can use our base laptop model with … Continue reading

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1st September – Wattle Day

Wattle Day is a day of celebration in Australia of the first day of spring; Australia’s National Wattle Day, the 1st September every year, is a day to celebrate Australia and being Australian. – http://www.wattleday.asn.au National Wattle Day is celebrated … Continue reading

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