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Browser Security: Archive: June 2010 

Adobe Shores Up Security Holes in Reader, Acrobat

The updates fix more than a dozen known exploits, including a PDF vulnerability that hackers were using to usurp control of users' computers.

Mozilla Updates Firefox Crash Protection

Firefox 3.6.6 is rushed out to fix stability issues experienced by some users as a result of last week's update.

Google Updates Chrome for Security and Adobe Flash

In the second update of the month, the newly released stable edition of Google's browser patches security vulnerabilities while throwing in Flash integration, to boot.

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 Delivers Stability and Security

Out-of-Process plug-in support comes to open source Web browser, providing new crash protection for Linux and Windows users.

Trend Micro Buys Cloud Storage Provider Humyo

The security software vendor acquires a cloud-based storage company to provide online backup and data synchronization services for small businesses and individual consumers.

Adobe Preps Crucial Flash Fix

Adobe Systems says it will issue an important patch for an exploit to its popular Flash Player later this week, and fixes for Reader and Acrobat by month's end.

Microsoft Fixes Three 'Critical' Security Holes

With only three "critical" vulnerabilities to patch in June, you'd think that it was going to be an easy week for system administrators -- but you'd be wrong.

Google Updates Chrome for Security, IE

Nine highly critical flaws get patched in Chrome as Google's Chrome Frame hits beta.

Microsoft Releases Patches for Silverlight

The software giant patches several bugs in Silverlight 4.0, the latest major release of the streaming media client.

Facebook Contends With Latest 'Likejacking' Scam

The latest clickjacking scheme on Facebook managed to trick hundreds of thousands of users into "liking" and posting malicious links on their personal pages.