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Oracle patches 169 vulns across its products, many are critical
On Tuesday Oracle released its quarterly Critical Patch Update, which addressed a total of 169 vulnerabilities across multiple products, including Java SE (Standard Edition). …
January’s Patch Tuesday marks the start of a new era
Microsoft’s January 2015 patch Tuesday marks the start of a new era. It seems that Microsoft’s trend towards openness in security has reversed and the company that …
Over 930M Android users in danger as Google stops delivering critical patches
Nearly a billion of Android users – over half of the total number of worldwide users – are in danger of being targeted by cyber attackers exploiting …
OpenSSL release patches 8 vulnerabilities
The OpenSSL Project has released updates for the popular eponymous open-source library that implements the SSL and TLS protocols. The new releases – 1.0.1k, 1.0.0p and …
Pre-Patch Tuesday alerts no longer publicly available
Microsoft’s Advanced Notification Service (ANS), which for over a decade provided advanced warning about the patches and updates that the company would push out on its …
Critical Git flaw allows attackers to compromise developers’ machines
A critical vulnerability affecting all versions of the official Git client and all related software that interacts with Git repositories has been found and patched, and …
Microsoft to patch three critical issues
December’s advanced Patch Tuesday brings us seven advisories, three of which are listed as Critical. The Critical issues affect, Internet Explorer, all supported …
Firefox 34 comes with critical security updates
Firefox 34 includes eight security updates, three of which are Critical, three High and two moderate. MSFA-2014-91 Privileged access to security wrapped protected objects …
VPN providers urged to update OpenVPN due to critical DoS bug
The OpenVPN Project has issued a new version of its popular open source software of the same name and is urging users to implement it, as it solves a critical denial of …
Siemens pushes out emergency SCADA updates
Siemens has released an out-of-band update for the SIMANTIC WinCC SCADA system, which is integrated in its PCS7 distributed control system and its TIA Portal, engineering …
Adobe urges users to implement critical out-of-band Flash Player update
For the second time in a month, Adobe has issued a security update for Flash Player. This out-of-band update finally fixes a critical vulnerability that could be misused by …
New Docker version solves critical bugs, update immediately
If you’re using Docker, the open source platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications on almost any platform, be sure to update to the latest …
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