Patch Tuesday February 2012

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2647516)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2660465)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2661637)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - February 2012 (KB890830)

Patch Tuesday December 2011

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB2618451)

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2618444)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2619339)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2620712)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2624667)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2633171)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2639417)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - December 2011 (KB890830)

Patch Tuesday October 2011

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2586448)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2564958)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2567053)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2592799)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - October 2011 (KB890830)

Patch Tuesday August 2011

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2559049)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2536276)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2566454)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2567680)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2570222)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2011 (KB890830)

Patch Tuesday June 2011

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2530548)

Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2544521)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2476490)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2503665)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2535512)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2536276)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2544893)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - June 2011 (KB890830)

Patch Tuesday April 2011

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB2508272)

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2497640)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2412687)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2485663)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2485663)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2503658)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2506212)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2506223)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2507618)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2508429)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2509553)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2510581)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2511455)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - April 2011 (KB890830)

Blocking Reported Attack Sites

Mozilla Firefox has the option to block reported attack sites and finally I've seen it in action.

Patch Tuesday February 2011

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2482017)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2393802)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2476687)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2478960)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2478971)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2479628)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2483185)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2485376)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - February 2011 (KB890830)

Patch Tuesday December 2010

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2416400)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2296199)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2423089)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2436673)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2440591)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2443105)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - December 2010 (KB890830)

Comparing Privacy & Security of Android 1.5 Free Browsers

The following browsers support Android 1.5 (Cupcake) & above and can run as desktop/PC mode. Only 2 browsers support private browsing for clearing cache & history on exit but not cookies. Even the free Mercury & Atomic Lite browsers on Apple iOS platform have the private browsing option to clear history & cookies on exit.

Browser	Dolphin 3.1.1	Skyfire 2.3.3.19663 Beta	xScope 5.34	Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta
Private Browsing	Cache	History Cache	No	No
Privacy	Clear cache, passwords, history, cookies, form data & location access	Clear cache, passwords, history, cookies, form data & location access	Clear cache, passwords, history, cookies & form data	Clear cache, passwords, history, cookies & shared location
Disable Javascript	Yes	Yes	No	No
Disable Plug-ins	No	Yes	No	No
Disable Cookies	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Block Pop-up Windows	Yes	Yes	No	No

Patch Tuesday October 2010

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2360131)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2279986)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2296011)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2360937)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2387149)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB979687)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB981957)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB982132)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - October 2010 (KB890830)

Patch Tuesday August 2010

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB2183461)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2079403)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2115168)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2160329)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB2286198)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB980436)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB981852)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB981997)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB982214)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB982665)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2010 (KB890830)

Adding Encrypted Google Search in Firefox Search Bar

You can add Google SSL beta search in Firefox search bar by using this add-on.

The downsides are McAfee SiteAdvisor will not work in the search results and search suggestions will not work when "Show search suggestions" option is activated.

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11

The latest release fixed several security issues :

MFSA 2010-47 Cross-origin data leakage from script filename in error messages

MFSA 2010-46 Cross-domain data theft using CSS

MFSA 2010-45 Multiple location bar spoofing vulnerabilities

MFSA 2010-42 Cross-origin data disclosure via Web Workers and importScripts

MFSA 2010-41 Remote code execution using malformed PNG image

MFSA 2010-40 nsTreeSelection dangling pointer remote code execution vulnerability

MFSA 2010-39 nsCSSValue::Array index integer overflow

MFSA 2010-37 Plugin parameter EnsureCachedAttrParamArrays remote code execution vulnerability

MFSA 2010-36 Use-after-free error in NodeIterator

MFSA 2010-35 DOM attribute cloning remote code execution vulnerability

MFSA 2010-34 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:1.9.2.7/ 1.9.1.11)

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10

The latest release fixed several security issues :

MFSA 2010-33 User tracking across sites using Math.random()

MFSA 2010-32 Content-Disposition: attachment ignored if Content-Type: multipart also present

MFSA 2010-31 focus() behavior can be used to inject or steal keystrokes

MFSA 2010-30 Integer Overflow in XSLT Node Sorting

MFSA 2010-29 Heap buffer overflow in nsGenericDOMDataNode::SetTextInternal

MFSA 2010-28 Freed object reuse across plugin instances

MFSA 2010-27 Use-after-free error in nsCycleCollector::MarkRoots()

MFSA 2010-26 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.2.4/ 1.9.1.10)

MFSA 2010-25 Re-use of freed object due to scope confusion

Adobe Flash Player 10.1.53.64

Adobe has released a security update to its flash player. This will fix vulnerabilities that could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

You can get the latest update from the Flash Player Download Center which will also install Adobe Download Manager. If you want to bypass Adobe Download Manager, you can manually download the following:

• Flash Player 10 ActiveX (Internet Explorer for Windows only)

• Flash Player 10 Plugin (All other Windows browsers)

Patch Tuesday June 2010

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB980195)

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB982381)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB975562)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB979482)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB979559)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB980218)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - June 2010 (KB890830)

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Version 6 Update 20

The latest version fixed several security vulnerabilities :

CVE-2010-0886 - Java Deployment Toolkit

CVE-2010-0887 - New Java Plug-in

Patch Tuesday April 2010

Microsoft has released the following security updates for Windows XP :

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB980182)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB977816)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB978338)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB978601)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB979309)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB979683)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB980232)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB981349)

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - April 2010 (KB890830)

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9

The latest release fixed several security issues :

MFSA 2010-24 XMLDocument::load() doesn't check nsIContentPolicy

MFSA 2010-23 Image src redirect to mailto: URL opens email editor

MFSA 2010-22 Update NSS to support TLS renegotiation indication

MFSA 2010-20 Chrome privilege escalation via forced URL drag and drop

MFSA 2010-19 Dangling pointer vulnerability in nsPluginArray

MFSA 2010-18 Dangling pointer vulnerability in nsTreeContentView

MFSA 2010-17 Remote code execution with use-after-free in nsTreeSelection

MFSA 2010-16 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.2.2/ 1.9.1.9/ 1.9.0.19)