This week, Microsoft released seven update bundles to fix 24 security vulnerabilities after receiving criticism that their products’ software was dangerously out of date. Adobe has also released patches to correct critical flaws within Adobe Reader and Flash Player. For more on these fixes, please click here:: Microsoft, Adobe Push Critical Security Fixes
Software/Browser Updates
Microsoft’s Three Patches of Christmas!
Yesterday, Microsoft offered three patches that should fix critical issues covering Internet Explorer, MS Office, Exchange, and Windows. All these updates can be downloaded and applied as soon as they are available, providing that users have Automatic Updates turned on for their Microsoft products. For more info on these patches, click here:: Microsoft Schedules Three Critical Patches for December
Shots Fired: Google Releases ‘Firing Range’ to Test Web App Security
Last week, Google unveiled “Firing Range†to the public to test web application security scanners for a variety of vulnerabilities. Rather than just detect the presence of a bug, Firing Range can exploit the bug and detect the results from that exploitation as well. For a full article on this open source tool, click here:: Google Releases Open Source Tool For Testing Web App Security Scanners
Additional Privacy Tips and Updates Offered by Facebook
Last week, Facebook debuted Privacy Basics, a set of updates and features that offer tips to users on how to better protect their information. The social media giant helps explain how it gathers information, interacts that info with apps, and how they share that information with advertisers. For more on this story, click here:: Facebook offers privacy tips, updates
Facebook Show Face to Tor
While initially blocking Tor users from browsing, Facebook now allows Tor access to their website. While this is seen as progressive, Facebook risks possible security and privacy issues since Tor’s browser indicates to them that the same user can appear connecting from one country’s ISP to another’s. For the full story on this, click here:: Facebook Allows Tor Access to Site
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