Category: cert

Microsoft will fix an Internet Explorer security flaw under active attack

Post author By Randall
Post date January 18, 2020
Categories In cert, department of homeland security, exploit, gear, homeland security, Internet, internet explorer, Microsoft, Security, Tech, us-cert, vulnerability

[ad_1] The issue is significant enough that Homeland Security issued an advisory encouraging people to both be aware of the flaw and consider implementing workarounds, including temporarily restricting access to jscript.dll. Unlike the Firefox bug, though, you’ll have to wait a while for a patch. Microsoft said it wasn’t likely to provide its fix until […]

Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired

Post author By Randall
Post date May 3, 2019
Categories In add-on, breaking news, bug, cert, certificate expiration, extension, firefox, gear, Internet, mozilla, Tech

[ad_1] Many Firefox users around the world are browsing without their usual set of extensions after they suddenly stopped working earlier this evening. The event occurred as the clock rolled over on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, aka GMT or Greenwich Mean Time), and impacted users quickly narrowed it down to “expiration of intermediate signing cert” […]