Adobe has released an update to flash player. This is an important update which addresses several security problems, one of which is being actively exploited. So if you have flash installed, you may want to head over to the flash player home page for an update. And here’s the Adobe security bulletin.
Category: security
June 2016 Microsoft updates
Yesterday Microsoft released their June 2016 updates to address a long list of defects, several of which the vendor regards as critical.
Twitter passwords up for sale
The latest in a string of such things, someone is offering to sell 33 million twitter passwords. Twitter claims that they weren’t breached, but they’re resetting the passwords of affected users, anyway. So it might not hurt to reset your twitter password.
Tumblr password breach
And now Tumblr is saying that they’ve had a data breach potentially exposing the passwords of 65 million accounts. Like the LinkedIn and MySpace breaches, this appears to be a few years old, and Tumblr is forcing passwords resets on the accounts it thinks is affected. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to reset your Tumblr password.
MySpace password breach
There’s a story going around that someone is trying to sell a collection of SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION MySpace passwords (and that it’s the same person who is selling 100+ million LinkedIn passwords). As with the LinkedIn case, this may be a data breach from months or even years ago.
Still, if you have a MySpace account, or if you’ve re-used a MySpace password elsewhere, this might be a good time to change your password.
LinkedIn account breach
A LinkedIn data breach has been in the news the last few days. Someone is trying to sell a set of 117 million LinkedIn accounts from a 2012 breach, a breach that now appears to be much larger than was originally reported.
If LinkedIn thinks that your account is affected, they’ll probably force you to reset your password. And even if they don’t, this might be a good time for you to do that anyway, especially if you think your password might be older than 2012.
17 May 2016 Apple updates: OS X, iOS, iTunes, etc.
Apple has released updates for many of its products. So visit the App Store on your Mac, and then update your mobile device(s).
May 2016 security updates for Microsoft and Adobe (updated)
Adobe and Microsoft have released updates to several of their products. Many of these updates address critical vulnerabilities. Here are the fascinating security bulletins:
- May 2016 Microsoft bulletin
- Adobe bulletins for
Update (14 May): Adobe released another Flash player update.
WordPress v4.5.2 security update
WordPress has released v4.5.2, and it addresses at least two security problems. The developers strongly urge that users apply the update. So if you host your own wordpress blog, have a look at running the update.
April 2016 Oracle (Java) updates
Oracle has release patches to many of its products, most notably Java. Oracle rates this as a critical update to address serious vulnerabilities. So if you have Java installed, head over to Oracle’s catchy Java+You site for an update (or to uninstall). Here’s Oracle’s April 2016 security bulletin.
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