hypnosec writes “Microsoft paid out over $28, 000 in rewards under its first ever bug-bounty program that went on for a month during the preview release of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). The preview bug bounty program started on June 26 and went on till July 26 with Microsoft revealing at the time that it will pay out a maximum of $11, 000 for each IE 11 vulnerability that was reported. Microsoft paid out the $28k to a total of six researchers for reporting 15 different bugs. According to Microsoft’s ‘honor roll’ page, they paid $9, 400 to James Forshaw of Context Security for pointing out design level vulnerabilities in IE11 as well as four IE11 flaws. Independent researcher Masato Kinugawa was paid $2, 200 for reporting two bugs. Jose Antonio Vazquez Gonzalez of Yenteasy Security Research walked off with $5, 500 for reporting five bugs while Google engineers Ivan Fratric and Fermin J. Serna were each handed out $1, 100 and $500 respectively.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tag: firefox
iOS 7’s Biggest Annoyances (and How to Fix Them)
With the release of any new operating system comes a slew of slight problems and annoyances. iOS 7 is no different. While certain things won’t annoy everyone, a few minor problems are bound to trouble people. With that in mind, here’s how to fix some of the more common annoyances. Read more…
Dropbox Plus Adds Folder Trees to Dropbox’s Website
Chrome/Firefox: Dropbox is a crowd favorite in the file syncing tool category, with no shortage of uses . The site kind of sucks to navigate, though. Make it a little less bad with Dropbox Plus. Read more…
Originally posted here:
Dropbox Plus Adds Folder Trees to Dropbox’s Website
iPhone 5c Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know
With Apple’s next big iPhone event right around the corner , the rumor mill is churning at full speed. On September 10th, we’ll know if Cupertino’s nextcbig thing really is the long-fabled “budget iPhone.” For the moment, it’s still anyone’s guess, but here’s everything we think we know about the elusive iPhone 5c. Read more…
Read More:
iPhone 5c Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know
Ad Networks Lay Path To Million-Strong Browser Botnet
jfruh writes “Every day, millions of computers run unvetted, sketchy code in the form of the JavaScript that ad networks send to publishers. Usually, that code just puts an advertiser’s banner ad on a web page. But since ad networks and publishers almost never check the code for malicious properties, it can become an attack vector as well. A recent presentation at the Black Hat conference showed how ad networks could be used as unwitting middlemen to create huge, cheap botnets.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Lifehacker Pack for Linux 2013: Our List of the Best Linux Apps
With so many flavors of Linux and the awesome apps in their repositories, finding the right app for getting things done can be tough. In our fifth annual Lifehacker Pack for Linux, we’re highlighting the must-have downloads for better productivity, communication, media management, and more. Read more…
Continued here:
Lifehacker Pack for Linux 2013: Our List of the Best Linux Apps
Linux 3.11 Features Fall Into Place With Merge Window
hypnosec writes “The Linux 3.11 merge window is about to close, most probably this Sunday, and most of the pull requests have been merged, including feature additions and improvements to disk & file system, CPU, graphics and other hardware. Some notable merges are: LZ4 compression; Zswap for compressed swap caching; inclusion of a Lustre file-system client for the first time; Dynamic Power Management (DPM) support for R600 GPUs; KVM and Xen virtualization on 64-bit hardware (AArch64); and a new DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) driver for the Renesas R-Car SoC.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Read More:
Linux 3.11 Features Fall Into Place With Merge Window
Windows 8 vaults past Vista, IE10 continues to surge
Net Market Share Windows 8 passed a milestone of sorts in June, passing Windows Vista’s market share to become the third-most used version of Windows on the Internet. Internet Explorer 10 continued to show strong growth too, fueled this time by automatic updating. Google Chrome put in a strong performance, offsetting losses made earlier in the year. Its growth was to the detriment of Mozilla’s Firefox, which fell significantly. Net Market Share Net Market Share Microsoft’s browser made a slight gain, up 0.16 points to 56.15 percent (a two year high). Firefox was down 1.48 points to 19.15 percent—the lowest share the open source browser has seen for more than two years. Chrome rose 1.43 points to a 17.17 percent share. Safari was more or less unchanged, up 0.09 points to 5.55 percent. Opera lost 0.19 points for a share of 1.58 percent, a level not seen since August last year. Read 8 remaining paragraphs | Comments
See original article:
Windows 8 vaults past Vista, IE10 continues to surge
Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11
An anonymous reader writes “Netflix today announced that it has finally taken the first step towards ditching Silverlight for HTML5, largely thanks to Microsoft, no less. The company has been working closely with the Internet Explorer team to implement its proposed ‘Premium Video Extensions’ in IE11 on Windows 8.1, meaning if you install the operating system preview released today, you can watch Netflix content using HTML5 right now. Back in April, Netflix revealed its plans to use HTML5 video in any browser that implements its proposed ‘Premium Video Extensions.’ These extensions allow playback of premium video (read: with DRM protection) directly in the browser without the need to install plugins such as Silverlight or Flash.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
More here:
Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11
Firefox updated to support 3D games, video calls and more
The latest version of Firefox (22) is full of big new features. Most notably, the latest update adds support for 3D gaming ( care of Epic Games ), for video and voice calls as well as file sharing “without the need to install additional software or use third-party plugins,” and for a new version of JavaScript that Mozilla’s calling, “supercharged.” Mozilla’s even got a 3D game for you to play called BananaBread , so you may put the company’s claims through the wringer. Should that not be enough for you diehard Firefox devotees, there’s also a thrilling update that’ll show download progress on OS X directly in the Dock icon. Take a breath and a seat, and maybe download the latest Firefox build right here when you’ve cooled down. Filed under: Internet , Software Comments Via: The Next Web Source: Mozilla Blog , Release Notes
Read More:
Firefox updated to support 3D games, video calls and more