Adobe announced in a security advisory Monday that a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash was actively being exploited with credit and more details going to Mila Parkour. News of the vulnerability was broken by Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security who reported: According to sources, the attacks exploit a vulnerability in fully-patched versions of Flash, and are being leveraged … [Read more...]
Firefox 5 And the Missing Status Bar
Update: Applicable to Firefox 4 and Firefox 5. Firefox 4 came with quite an interface change, seeming to grow closer and closer to Chrome. Tabs changed location, buttons moved around, and the status bar disappeared... or did it? Mozilla seems to have received enough inquiries about the missing status bar that they've written up a knowledge base article to explain it. If you're … [Read more...]
Rainmeter – Widgets For Customizing Your Desktop
If you'd like to make your desktop a little more informative, you might check out Rainmeter. The program provides you with very customizable widgets that you can use to get the information you need about your computer or with feeds from the Internet. Rainmeter has a lot of skins so it can be made to look a lot more stylish that the default setup I have pictured below. You … [Read more...]
Latest Avast! Definitions Contain False Positive Blocking Legitimate Websites, Malware Detected [Updated]
While it's nowhere near as bad as the McAfee False Positive problem that ended up killing tens of thousands of Windows XP PCs, the latest Avast definitions (4-11-11) seem to be blocking tons of legitimate websites thinking that there are malware scripts embedded in them. Tons of people are reporting the issue on Twitter and the Avast! website is being hit so hard, it has been … [Read more...]
Google Introduces A Daily Puzzle To Test Your Trivia and Searching Skills
This morning, Google announced a new feature, A Google A Day. It's a little bit of trivia and a little bit of showing off what Google does best - search. Progressing like newspaper crossword puzzles, the trivia will get more difficult as the week progresses. You can visit AGoogleADay.com in order to see each daily puzzle. Along with the question appearing below the search … [Read more...]