Apple Software Update: Safari 5.1.7
Safari 5.1.7 contains improvements to performance, stability, compatibility, and security, including changes that:
- Improve the browser’s responsiveness when the system is low on memory
- Fix an issue that could affect websites using forms to authenticate users
- Disable versions of Adobe Flash Player that do not include the latest security updates and provide the option to get the current version from Adobe’s website.
For more information, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5271.
For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
Apple Software Update: Security Update 2012-001
Security Update 2012-001 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
Apple Software Update: Java update 5 – 1.6.0_26
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_26.
Please quit any web browsers and Java applications before installing this update.
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4593 for more details about this update.
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 for information about the security content of this update.
Apple Software Update: Mac OS X 10.6.7
The 10.6.7 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:
- Improve the reliability of Back to My Mac
- Resolve an issue when transferring files to certain SMB servers
- Address various minor Mac App Store bugs
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4472.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
Twitter made more secure with HTTPS
Twitter have announced that they have now created a new security setting allow users to access Twitter using HTTPS.
For some time, users have been able to use Twitter via HTTPS by going to https://twitter.com. We’ve made it simpler for users to do this by adding the option to always use HTTPS.
This is a great move by Twitter. To turn it on follow this:
To turn on HTTPS, go to your settings and check the box next to “Always use HTTPS,” which is at the bottom of the page. This will improve the security of your account and better protect your information if you’re using Twitter over an unsecured Internet connection, like a public WiFi network, where someone may be able to eavesdrop on your site activity. In the future, we hope to make HTTPS the default setting.
Check out the full blog post by twitter here:
http://blog.twitter.com/2011/03/making-twitter-more-secure-https.html
Apple Software Update: Mac OS X 0.6.5
The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:
- improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers
- address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture
- address stability and performance of graphics applications and games
- resolve a delay between print jobs
- address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme
- resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal
- address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide
- resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary
- improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems
- resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts
- improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays
- resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4250.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
Google make it easier to share docs
This is a welcome addition to the Google Docs suite. You are now able to share documents in a few clicks, not that it was really that hard before. As shown in the screen shot below, there is now a link you can click which will bring up the Sharing settings window. Here you can simply add people via their names, email addresses or groups. you can also change permissions for the assigned people too.
Check who’s accessing your Gmail
Google added a nice little feature a little while ago now where you can check the activity on your mailfile. You can find this at the bottom of your inbox:
There is a nice article from Zen and the Art of Programming going into some detail about how to check who is accessing your Gmail and why mysterious access reports are being shown. Check the post out here:
http://antoniocangiano.com/2010/06/15/who-is-accessing-your-gmail-account/
Apple OS X Update: 10.6.4
Apple have released their latest OS X update 10.6.4. Here are the details:
- resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive
- resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening
- address issues copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers
- improve reliability of VPN connections
- resolve a playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing
- resolve an issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view
- improve compatibility with some braille displays
- For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4150.
- For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4150.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit:
Security Advisory for Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Adobe released the following security alert:
A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems. This vulnerability (CVE-2010-1297) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat. This advisory will be updated once a schedule has been determined for releasing a fix.
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html
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