We just had to get one last update cycle in for “the April that would never end.”

It’s not Patch Tuesday, but updates to OpenSSL have prompted security updates for almost every browser as well as application updates to many others have triggered an out-of-cycle update.

This Month/Week in Technology

If you can’t trust the CDC not to taint the tests, you can’t trust the SBA with your privacy in their loan process, you can’t trust Apple with your data, you can’t trust your “home automation” to not expose your entire home to hackers, you can’t trust the CIA not to abuse their authority in the mainstream media and academia, you can’t trust the FBI to follow their own rules when making requests of the secret FISA courts, you *really* can’t trust your antivirus software not to put you at even greater risk of exploitation, you can’t trust anyone not to reuse passwords, and you can’t trust advertising publishers to keep their ad platforms safe for their target audience, then why should you ever even consider giving Google and Apple 24/7, permanent, extensive monitoring of everywhere you go and everyone you ever have contact with? I don’t. Even if Apple and Google were above reproach (and they’re not), the inevitable abuse by any platform like this makes Orwell’s worst dreams look tame in comparison.

Now for the good news:

Intel has finally opened up their graphic drivers so you can use them on OEM hardware.

Let’s Get Busy

Apple released iOS 13.4.1 for iPhone SE (2nd generation) and watchOS 6.2.1 for Apple Watch Series 1 and 2. These are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current version.

Fedora 32-1.6 provides several new features, now uses nftables by default, improves regular maintenance routines, and updates libraries. This is a security update.

Important Notes

Everything above this section should be checked by everyone on every computer. Chances are good that close to every single computer you touch will be affected by those updates. This is not the case with the items below, though you should still check each line item below to see if it applies to software you have installed.

Please remember that while I list many different applications within these updates, most people should ONLY install updates for a program if they already have a previous version of that program installed.

It is essential to maintain all the applications you have installed on your computer, but often you can minimize the time investment and the potential for exploitation simply by uninstalling software you do not need.

Also note that using the applications own “check for updates” function, when available, will best preserve your current settings, and often avoid any crapware that might come with a fresh installer. Use this option if it’s available to you.

Finally, if you’re sick of doing this all yourself, let me! Call or email me any time, and we can set you up with subscription SaferPC updates which will be installed each month whenever necessary. Click, call or email for more details:
https://saferpc.info/updates/
209-565-12PD
shawn@12pointdesign.com

Driver Updates

If you’re using this hardware – these updates are for you.

Display Driver Uninstaller 18.0.2.4 adds ability to remove only NVCP and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu

Intel Driver and Support Assistant 20.4.17 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect

Browser Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.

Brave 1.8.86 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Google Chrome 81.0.4044.129 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Microsoft Edge 81.0.416.68 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Vivaldi 3.0.1874.33 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.
https://vivaldi.com/

Email Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.

Mailspring 1.7.6 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://getmailspring.com/

OutlookAttachView 3.35 adds option to control Enter Key Action. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_attachment.html

Internet Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.

FileZilla Client 3.48.0 is a security update.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FreeFileSync 10.23 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

Google Earth 7.3.3 improves Street View, plus code support, and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://earth.google.com/

WinSCP 5.17.5 is a security update.
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Zoom 5.0.23502.0430 improves encryption, abuse reporting, privacy controls, and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

VLC Media Player 3.0.10 is a security update.
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Steam 2020.04.28 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.steampowered.com/platform/update_history/index.php?skin=0&id=0

Office Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to most people.

LibreOffice 6.3.6 resolves 80 bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Notepad++ 7.8.6 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Illustrator 24.1.2 is a security update.
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/catalog/desktop.html

Adobe Bridge 10.0.4 is a security update.
https://www.adobe.com/products/bridge.html

Security Software Updates

One or more of these is likely to be of interest to most people.

OpenSSL 1.1.1g is a security update.

RogueKiller 14.4.1 is a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/

Capture Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

ScreenToGif 2.23.2 resolves a couple minor bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/releases/latest

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

DVDFab 11.0.8.6 adds support for new encodings, improves upscaling and enlarger. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Dell Command Update 3.1.2 is a security update.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln311129/dell-command-update?lang=en

RoboForm 8.7.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?rf

1Password for Windows 7.4.767 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/windows/

DesktopOK 7.01 adds command-line support, mapping support for alt-drag, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

Easy2Boot 2.02 updates libraries, dependencies, and resolves a bug in Make USB. This is not a security update.
https://www.fosshub.com/Easy2Boot.html

Etcher 1.5.83 adds workflows to Flash from URL and improves the cosmetics. This is not a security update.
https://www.balena.io/etcher/

GoodSync 11.1.6 adds RDC tunneling support, explorer actions, account management improvements, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?goodsync

MS ISO Downloader 8.35 adds support for new Windows, Office, and Dell images. This is not a security update.
https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/67-microsoft-windows-and-office-iso-download-tool

PSAppDeploy 3.8.1 adds Repair as action type, execute-process-as-user, several new features, compatibility improvements and bug fixes. This is not a security update.
https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

Rufus 3.10 improves compatibility, device detection, updates drivers, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://rufus.ie/en_IE.html

TeamViewer 15.5.3 adds message search, conditional access servers for fallback options, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows/

WinScan2PDF 5.31 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

CPU-Z 1.92 adds support for new hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

NTLite 1.9.0.7455 adds new controls and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

Coreinfo 3.5 doesn’t provide a changelog so should be treated as a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

LiveKD 5.63 doesn’t provide a changelog so should be treated as a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

Process Explorer 16.32 doesn’t provide a changelog so should be treated as a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

Sysmon 11.0 adds file delete and archive monitoring, additional options to control behavior, improved log support and reliability improvements. This is not a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Node.js 14.1.0 is a new major version adding several new features, libraries and bug fixes. Unfortunately, the previous build (14.0.0) broke stream support for many packages. This version resolves that bug. This is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 13.14.0 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 12.16.3 updates libraries. This is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Redemption 5.23.0.5664 adds support for in-memory objects, several new objects, collection-level assignments, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/

MySQL ConnectorNet 8.0.20 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/

Web Package Updates

These are likely to be of interest only to web developers.

WordPress 5.4.1 is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/

ScreenConnect 20.3.28091.7419 improves relay action scheduling, resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.connectwise.com/software/control/download

Magento 2.3.4-p2, 2.3.5-p1, 1.14.4.5, 1.9.4.5 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb20-22.html#solution

Joomla 3.9.18 is a security update.
https://www.joomla.org/

HumHub 1.5.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.humhub.com/en/download

MailEnable 10.30 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mailenable.com/

Nextcloud Server 18.0.4 resolves dozens of bugs and updates libraries. This should be treated as a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

phpList 3.5.3 is a security update.
https://www.phplist.org/

YOURLS 1.7.9 improves compatibility, API signature algorithm, accessibility, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://yourls.org/

Akismet 4.1.5 disables the notice and updates WP requirements. This is not a security update.

Antispam Bee 2.9.2 improves compatibility, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.

BuddyPress 5.2.0 is a security update.

Custom Facebook Feed 2.14 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.

myStickymenu 2.4 resolves several bugs and adds font color control. This is not a security update.

Postie 1.9.50 improves diagnostics. This is not a security update.

W3 Total Cache 0.13.3 resolves a minification bug. This is not a security update.

WP Mail SMTP 2.0.0 changes PHP requirements (7+) and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.

That’s all for now folks. Keep it clean out there. 😉

Regards,

Shawn K. Hall
https://SaferPC.info/
https://12PointDesign.com/