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It did not take long for the developer of NoScript to come up with a new release, as version 2.3 of the extension is now available for download. The current version moved through two release candidates, adding one new feature and further refining the program.
New stuff available in this release is a new blob: &ldquo... |
13 February 2012
08:20 GMT |
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Security researcher Ucha Gobejishvili, also known as longrifle0x, found cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in another series of important websites, including java.com, developers.sun.com, java.sun.com, and nero.com.
The expert’s findings were submitted to XSSed, a site that provides information on XSS ... |
1 February 2012
10:23 GMT |
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A new version of the script-blocking extension for Firefox, NoScript has been released. The only change in the current stable version refers to fixing a regression from the release candidate build.
Although fixed in 2.2.8 release candidate, a bug would cause problems with the protection against Koto's Cursorjac... |
25 January 2012
09:03 GMT |
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As announced last month, Canonical is preparing to remove the Sun JDK (Java Development Kit) packages from the software repositories, starting with February 16th, 2012, affecting Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04. Users should not be worried, as Canonical will NOT remove the Java packages from their sys... |
18 January 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Giorgio Maone has recently released a new version for his Firefox add-on, NoScript. The new build is 2.2.6 and it was launched with only one release candidate paving its path.
There aren’t too many changes since the release of the previous version, which had no less than three release candidates to solve vario... |
13 January 2012
08:01 GMT |
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It took only three release candidates for the developer to come out with the stable version for NoScript 2.2.5.
All the features you’ve been accustomed to have been preserved and there is no addition in the extension. As all the effort invested to reach this version number was to eliminate bugs and improve co... |
4 January 2012
05:43 GMT |
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A couple of researchers showed how a common flaw in the implementation of the most popular web programming languages and applications can be used to force servers to use their CPU at full capacity for several minutes, causing a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Julian Wälde and Alexander Klink made a presentat... |
29 December 2011
07:16 GMT |
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A couple of researchers found that a critical vulnerability affects most web application frameworks, allowing a cybercriminal to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Since Apache Tomcat web server is among the ones affected, the Tomcat security team came forward with a workaround for the issue. Apache Tomcat is v... |
29 December 2011
05:14 GMT |
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Vuze, originally known as Azureus, a BitTorrent client written in Java, has reached version 4.7.0.2. Vuze 4.7 has a lot of features, including a HD Player, device playback with support for a lot of hardware, subscriptions, and metasearch. This new point release brings the following changes:· Fullscreen can now... |
28 December 2011
08:20 GMT |
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Researchers from Barracuda Labs discovered that the official website of Amnesty International UK, the human rights non-governmental organization, was compromised and set up to serve drive-by downloads to its visitors.
The experts say that the attack on the human rights group may be an attempt to spy on activists.
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23 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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After installing an operating systems on their computing machines, most individuals rush to install applications that help them browse the web. While many believe that without components such as Flash and Java they won’t be able to access certain content, there are always safer, more secure, alternatives. F-Se... |
22 December 2011
06:03 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few hours ago, December 15th, that it will remove all Sun JDK (Java Development Kit) packages from the Canonical Partner repository.Because Oracle retired the "Operating System Distributor License for Java", Canonical no longer has permission to redistribute new Java packages.Therefore, in the n... |
16 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Security researcher Brian Krebs stumbled upon a new exploit kit that relies on a recently patched security flaw present in Java, being packaged with the infamous BlackHole.
It seems as all the versions of Oracle’s Java are susceptible to the attack, except for the latest variants, but considering the fact that... |
28 November 2011
07:20 GMT |
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Apple has released two separate Java iterations for users of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Mac OS X Lion, addressing the reliability and security of the platform originally developed by Sun Microsystems.According to a knowledge-base article on Apple’s Support web site, “Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6 deliver... |
9 November 2011
03:48 GMT |
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The changes in the new NoScript extension for Firefox may look like nothing much, but compared to the regular modifications over various development versions this edition, 2.1.6, shows quite a list. New additions and bug fixes come in the same amount, with three entries on each side. Newly introduced in NoScript 2.1... |
21 October 2011
05:41 GMT |
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UC Browser is already one of the fastest and most popular mobile browsers in the world, and a new version of the application is now available for download for the owners of handsets running under Symbian and Java.
The team behind the application announced the availability of the new release with a great deal of ... |
21 September 2011
05:09 GMT |
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Later this week, an new official flavor of the UC Browser will become available for download for the owners of handsets running Symbian or Java.
The team behind the application has just announced that they plan on releasing the new UC Browser 7.9 for Symbian & Java on Wednesday, and even provided some info on the... |
19 September 2011
05:28 GMT |
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Microsoft remains strongly committed to ensuring the developers leveraging PHP and Java for their projects will be able to enjoy interoperability with the next generation of its data platform. Still in development under the codename Denali, the next version of SQL Server will play nice with both Java and PHP applica... |
30 August 2011
07:22 GMT |
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According to a report from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, the most common unpatched vulnerabilities detected on people's computers are in Adobe and Oracle products.At the top of the list is the SING 'uniqueName' buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2010-2883) which affects older versions of Adobe Reader... |
19 August 2011
15:22 GMT |
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Developers building services and applications on top of Microsoft’s Cloud leveraging PHP or Java can now access a collection of new code samples offered free of charge by the Redmond company. A set of fresh Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus samples for PHP and Java are now up for grabs via Microsoft CodePlex... |
29 July 2011
06:41 GMT |
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New versions of the Java runtime, Server Admin Tools, and the Windows Migration assistant are now available for OS X Lion users, Apple has announced.
Via three individual notes posted on the Support Downloads section of its website, Apple informs early Lion adopters that new downloads are ready for their computers... |
21 July 2011
05:42 GMT |
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Security researchers from ACROS Security have identified a binary planting vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) which allows the execution of arbitrary files.Binary planting vulnerabilities stem from the way programs search for files they need to load when no absolute path is given.In such cases, appli... |
11 July 2011
13:43 GMT |
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In addition to announcing the new BBM Social Platform SDK 1.0 for BlackBerry WebWorks in beta, Research In Motion also made official the availability or a final flavor of its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Social Platform SDK 1.0 for Java.
The new release follows a wide period of availability in Beta, and comes with... |
30 June 2011
16:21 GMT |
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Apple has released security updates for the Java packages in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 in order to address critical security vulnerabilities patched by Oracle earlier this month.Oracle released Java SE 1.6.0_26 for Windows, Linux and Solaris on June 7, fixing a total of seventeen vulnerabilities, nine of which carried a... |
29 June 2011
06:57 GMT |
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New Java updates are available from Cupertino for customers running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The main purpose of releasing these updates was to strengthen the security of the two operating systems, according to Apple Support.
Apple details the contents and purpose of each update in two... |
29 June 2011
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Microsoft has updated a tool designed to streamline the building, configuration and deployment packages of Java applications on Windows Azure for the developers leveraging Eclipse. Devs can go ahead and download the June 2011 Community Technology Preview of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java, which the R... |
27 June 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Ever since we were little kids we would build small houses from Lego or other plastic bricks and imagine ourselves getting inside. Our imagination was enough for that age, but as we grow older we realized there are other options to be had, Sweet Home 3D being one of them, and a free one at that.Sweet Home 3D is one o... |
21 June 2011
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Google has managed to convince Java's creator James Gosling to join the company after he left Oracle earlier. He was employed by Sun, which created Java, when it was acquired by Oracle. Google is known to get a hold of tech superstars who enjoy very flexible responsibilities at the company, so the move is not th... |
29 March 2011
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab warn that the wave of spam emails taking advantage of the disaster in Japan continues with a new campaign that leads users to Java exploits.The latest spam run claims to link to a news article about the quake being the costliest disaster in the world's history.However, Kas... |
21 March 2011
03:58 GMT |
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A number of free resources available from Microsoft come to lend a helping hand to Java developers looking to embrace C# and the .NET Framework. Under the label “Moving to C# and the .NET Framework, for Java Developers,” a number of downloads have been made available by the Redmond company. Java devs ca... |
10 March 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has worked to simplify the process of building Java web applications tailored to Windows Azure, offering developers open source resources to streamline tasks such as configuring, packaging and deployment.Since it introduced its Cloud platform to the world, the Redmond company made it perfectly clear that i... |
24 February 2011
09:38 GMT |
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Oracle has released security updates for Java SE and Java for Business to address multiple vulnerabilities, some of which allow attackers to take control over computers.The update addresses a total of 21 vulnerabilities in JDK and JRE 6 Update 23 and earlier, JDK 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and SDK 1.4.2_29 and earlie... |
17 February 2011
09:57 GMT |
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Oracle has released a fix for a serious vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment which could allow attackers to execute remote denial of service attacks against Java-based applications and servers.The bug was recently documented by Konstantin Preißer and triggers an infinite loop in the runtime when trying... |
9 February 2011
12:13 GMT |
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Just the past week I was telling you of the imminent testing release of version 4.0 of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server. Developers that need to connect Java applications with Microsoft’s data platform can start testing the next iteration of the Redmond company’s Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) rig... |
24 January 2011
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Oracle and Apple have announced the OpenJDK project for creating a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X. Under the terms of the agreement, Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology, including a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based Java virtual machine, class libraries, a networking stack and t... |
12 November 2010
10:05 GMT |
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UC Mobile, a mobile internet service provider, recently announced the release of its mobile browser UC Browser 7.4 for Java, Symbian and Windows Mobile. The new version offers lots of improvements and new features, which make it a good alternative to other browsers such as, Opera Mini, Bolt or Skyfire.The developer o... |
8 November 2010
07:09 GMT |
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Windows Azure is a tangible example of Microsoft’s strong efforts to drive interoperability and to build a truly open platform. Developers can already create Cloud projects using ASP.NET, C#, PHP and Java, but the software giant’s work is far from over, with new enhancements delivered constantly, the lat... |
1 November 2010
13:01 GMT |
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A more detailed analysis of the recently discovered cross-platform social networking trojan, suggests that the Linux infection vector might have been an unintended side effect.The hypothesis was put forth ParetoLogic's Jerome Segura, one of the first security researchers to point out the trojan's capability... |
30 October 2010
04:07 GMT |
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The founder of Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, has announced at UDS that despite the recent decision of Steve Jobs and Apple to move away from the Java environment, Canonical will continue to consider Java a first grade development platform.Besides announcing a new MacBook Air and a new OS, Apple also made a much more imp... |
27 October 2010
10:43 GMT |
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Those who’ve had some hands-on with Apple’s new MacBook Air can confirm that, although the system ships with the latest version of Snow Leopard pre-installed, it lacks the Flash Player plugin. It is also being reported that Apple is ceasing future development of their version of Java for the Mac.Following... |
22 October 2010
08:29 GMT |
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Apple has released Java security updates for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard), which provide fixes for critical remote code execution vulnerabilities.The new Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 addresses two vulnerabilities patched by Oracle in Java SE 6 Update 22 released last week, as well as two Mac-onl... |
21 October 2010
10:58 GMT |
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Apple has rolled out Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 8, addressing several security issues in the Sun Microsystems-developed platform.“Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_22,” Apple says... |
21 October 2010
10:06 GMT |
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Security researchers from Microsoft's Malware Protection Center (MMPC) warn of an unprecedented rise in exploitation attempts targeting Java vulnerabilities, especially during the third quarter."[…] By the beginning of this year, the number of Java exploits [...] had well surpassed the total number of Ado... |
19 October 2010
06:47 GMT |
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Google has responded to the lawsuit Oracle filed against the company for patent and copyright infringement of its Java technology. As expected, Google claimed that it didn't infringe on any patent and even if it did those patents are invalid or unenforceable. It also called into question Oracle's motives an... |
6 October 2010
04:52 GMT |
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Oracle has just realized that the three-year-old Android operating system infringes on its Java patents and copyright, which it acquired along with Sun, and has filed a lawsuit against Google over the matter. Oracle doesn’t mince with words, it accuses Google of knowingly and willfully infringing on its patents... |
13 August 2010
06:14 GMT |
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When building Windows Azure, one of the aspects of the operating system emphasized time and time again by the company was interoperability. And, indeed, early adopters but also customers of the Cloud platform from Microsoft can testify to the fact that Windows Azure plays nice with a range of non-Microsoft technologi... |
2 June 2010
05:12 GMT |
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In tandem with releasing new iPhone OS 4 and SDK betas, Apple issued new versions of Sun Microsystem’s Java platform, patching several security issues on both Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). While both updates deliver improved compatibility and reliability, the security side of the upd... |
19 May 2010
03:43 GMT |
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Developers that need to connect Java project with Microsoft’s data platform have a new version of the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver available for download. The Redmond company has finalized and started offering downloads of SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 in conjunction with the release to manufacturing o... |
22 April 2010
09:10 GMT |
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Mozilla has taken a bold step in dealing with security vulnerabilities in third-party plugins, which have been the bane of any browser maker for quite some time. The open-source foundation has decided to disable older versions of a Java plugin, specifically the Java Deployment Toolkit, which are known to be vulnerabl... |
20 April 2010
10:54 GMT |
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Microsoft is planning to kill off downloads of an older version of aType 4 JDBC driver designed to allow customers to leverage the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition) for database connectivity with SQL Server. Amina Saify, program manager – JDBC, reve... |
11 March 2010
04:08 GMT |
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