There's a bug in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 and SeaMonkey 1.1.16 that may allow an attacker to run hostile code via a bug in the way JavaScript handles chrome objects. This is rated as a critical bug - if you can't get the fix in Firefox 3.0.11 or SeaMonkey1.1.17, then you should disable JavaScript until you do. Security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 gets credit for finding this bug. Get the download via the Firefox Help>Check for Updates command.
Apple has released a Safari 4.0 update that patches a number of security bugs in the Webkit. One of the bugs may allow an attack if you visit a website with maliciously designed color strings in the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) code, and another which may allow website spoofing via Unicode ideographic spaces. Get this update via Apple's Software Update feature. Find out more about the bugs fixed by this update.
Do a marketing campaign mail merge in Microsoft Outlook 2007 service pack, and the title and suffix fields may not get merged. Microsoft has fixed this with the Office 2007 Service Pack 2.
When you connect Apple TV to a Mac, a firewall running on the Mac may interfere with the connection. Luckily, the error message gives you a good idea of the problem: "The Apple TV [Name] is not responding. Check that any firewall software running on this computer has been set to allow communication on port 3689." Apple shows you how to do this here.
Microsoft released a critical update for all versions of PowerPoint to fix a bug that may allow attackers to run hostile code via a poisoned PPT file. This bug is already being exploited, so if you use PowerPoint on Windows (no Mac OS X patch yet - nor is there one needed) go here for the patch
Apple says that sometimes you won't be able to move a .mov file in a Gallery using MobileMe. If this happens, you may need to use iPhoto to sync your photos first. Apple shows you how to do this.
When using the Excel ISAM driver to import a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into Access 2007, you may run into problems if the spreadsheet has a chart. Instead of importing, you may get the error message: "The wizard is unable to access information in the file <file name>. Please check that the file exists and is in the correct format." Microsoft has a hotfix for this.
In Windows Vista, if you go to Windows Explorer and select a number of different files and then click Print. All the files will be printed out in the format of the last file you selected. That's no big deal if they are all MS Word docs, but it may be a big deal if they all different file types. Microsoft has a hot fix for this - get it here.
This Tuesday is Patch Tuesday for Microsoft, and they will be releasing a critical update for PowerPoint. This appears to be for Office 2000 through Office 2007. It will fix a bug that lets attackers rig a PowerPoint file to run hostile content. You can read the vague preview notice for a hint of the details to come.
According to ZD Net's Zero Day security blog, Google is silently patching their Chrome browser due to a critical security bug. The problem is in how Chrome validates some input, which could allow an attacker to crash the browser and run hostile code. According to Zero Day, the browser will patch itself without informing the user. Read more here.
