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Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Posted on June 22, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Mozzila decided to be aggressive with Firefox releases. Not a problem, just keep the old version till add-ons are all compatible. Doesn’t work that way if you want to be secure. Mozzila announced that Firefox 5 is the security update for Firefox 4. There will be no other updates unless there is a major, and…

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Shecky Tweets for 2011-06-21

Posted on June 21, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Shecky Tweets for 2011-06-21

#Apple is at the top of @ThisIsHNN weekly Stack of shame. Guess Apple's security isn't what they thought it was. # Was United Airlines mysterious "Network Problems" A DDoS attack? I wouldn't be surprised if it was. # @SecBarbie Thanks for that link. Hope to get to some of the events listed. in reply to…

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Apple, how secure are you?

Posted on June 20, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple, how secure are you?

We all know that Mac fanatics claim how secure Mac OSX is. Is it really that secure though? The last couple of months have not bee kind to OSX. The Mac operating system has seen its first round of widespread malware. Apple has been busy playing whack-a-mole trying to stop it. The Mac fanbois have…

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