Firefox 3.0.11 released late last week

Mozilla has posted Firefox 3.0.11 late last week. This version fixes 11 security vulnerabilities as mentioned in this ZDNet blog.

For those using Firefox, start updating to the latest release immediately.

eWeek Hit by Ad Hack

Emily Steel at the Wall Street Journal reports that, last February, eWeek.com had one of its ads hacked. Stephen Wellman at Ziff Davis (which owns eWeek) is reported as saying,

eWeek… displayed an ad on its homepage masquerading as a promotion for LaCoste, the shirt maker. The retailer hadn’t placed the ad — a hacker had, to direct users to a Web site where harmful programs would be downloaded to their computers

Scary stuff. Be careful what you click.