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To be fair, Chrome gets updated around every two weeks. That it happened to get pushed out the day before CanSecWest may just be a coincidence. Firefox tends to
by jjcm 16y ago
To be fair, Chrome gets updated around every two weeks. That it happened to get pushed out the day before CanSecWest may just be a coincidence. Firefox tends to release a new version every month or so as well Though Mozilla did push 3.6.15 four days after 3.6.14, so it may very well play into your point.
- trotsky 16y agoIt's definitely a known tactic though, here is a tweet from the people who took down safari: @VUPEN: Anti-pwn2own again: Apple fixed a record of 50 vuln. in Webkit (iTunes), and is preparing the update for Safari / Mac OS X... (1:43 AM Mar 3rd via web) http://twitter.com/VUPEN/status/43245159776915456 http://twitter.com/VUPEN/status/43245159776915456 And the trades agree: Mozilla follows Google, patches Firefox as prep for Pwn2Own http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9212479/Mozilla_follows_Google_patches_Firefox_as_prep_for_Pwn2Own?taxonomyId=17 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9212479/Mozilla_follo... etc.