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Google has released Chrome version 45.0.2454.85 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releases page and apply the necessary update.
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US-CERT released on Thursday, August 27th, 2015 that the Mozilla Foundation has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in Firefox and Firefox ESR. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system.
Available updates include:
by Neal Fisch in awareness, data security, devices, encryption, faculty, news, patches, personal security, security, staff, students, tips, vulnerabilities 0
Apple has packed patches for dozens of security flaws into the new versions of its iOS and OS X operating systems.
The company noted Tuesday in a security advisory that just-released version 8.4 of the iOS mobile operating system contains more than 20 fixes for vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution, application termination and the interception of encrypted traffic, among other issues.
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You know that little padlock icon you look for to ensure your Web traffic is encrypted and secure? It turns out that you might not be as secure as you think thanks to a vulnerability that was accidentally introduced into the code of OpenSSL.
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Apple rushed to release iOS 7.0.6 on Friday and OS X 10.9.2 today with patches for a shockingly overlooked SSL encryption issue that leaves iPhone, iPad and Mac computer users open to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. All users of iOS 7 and Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) should download and apply these patches. The vulnerability is not present in versions of OS X prior to OS X 10.9 Mavericks or iOS prior to iOS 6.