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Oracle's quarterly Critical Patch Update Advisory for October 2020, published on October 20, includes a list of eight vulnerabilities affecting Java 8u261, 7u271, and older versions. Security risks arising from the use of older versions of Java are not as scary as they once were, since most current web browsers no longer support Java. The notable exception is Internet Explorer 11, which still supports the Java NPAPI plugin. [ 199 more words ] https://boot13.com/security/java-version-8-update-271/

Last week, on Patch Tuesday, Adobe released a new version of Flash that addresses a single critical vulnerability in previous versions. The security bulletin for Flash 32.0.0.445 provides some additional context. Anyone still using Flash, and in particular if Flash is enabled in Internet Explorer 11, Edge, or Google Chrome, should install the new version. The easiest way to obtain the latest version of Flash is to go to the [ 170 more words ] https://boot13.com/se/flash-update-and-upcoming-retirement/

It's time for another round of updates for your Windows computers. Earlier today Microsoft published fifty-eight bulletins, with associated updates, addressing eighty vulnerabilities in Flash, .NET, Office (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019), SharePoint, Visual Studio, and Windows (7, 8.1, 10, and Server). Ten of the vulnerabilities are flagged as having Critical severity. Interestingly, there are no updates for any version of Internet Explorer this time around. [ 230 more words ] https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-october-2020/

This month's pile from Microsoft includes fixes for vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (9 and 11), both variants of Edge (Chromium and EdgeHTML), Office (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019), SharePoint, Visual Studio, Windows (7, 8.1, and 10), and Windows Server (2008, 2012, 2016, 2019). There are fifty-three security bulletins in all, and fifty-three associated updates. The updates includes fixes for one hundred and twenty vulnerabilities [ 182 more words ] https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-september-2020/

If you're old enough to remember the browser wars of the 1990s, you probably remember that Microsoft got into trouble for pushing their web browser, Internet Explorer, using tactics tied to the dominance of Windows. Competitors were less than thrilled with Microsoft's tactics. In 1998, an anti-trust suit was launched by the US Department of Justice against Microsoft, alleging that Microsoft was using unfair tactics, in particular by embedding Internet Explorer into Windows, making it difficult to remove. [ 287 more words ] https://boot13.com//dont-bother-trying-to-uninstall-micro/