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Updates 2025-11-11

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Happy Veteran’s Day, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for November, 2025.

If your Windows 10 computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11 then you should either replace your device or use the Windows 10 ESU program to get another year out of it.

Windows 11 25H2 is now available and Windows 11 23H2 and older are no longer supported. Treat Windows 11 25H2 as beta software and wait a few months before upgrading.

macOS 26 Tahoe is now available and macOS 13 Ventura and older are no longer supported. Treat macOS 26 as beta software and wait a few months before upgrading.

There were 750+ major hacks, and over 650 application updates this month. It’s a relatively small month, with about 4.0 GB of updates for most users.

This Month in Technology

5CA, Abilene Family Medical Associates, Accord Carton, Adichunchanagiri Institute Of Technology, Adobe Commerce, Adobe Experience Manager, Adore Children and Family Services, Advanced Delivery Services, Advanced Installer, Afghan Ministry of Defence, AGFA, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), (at least) 2/3rds of AI companies, Air Arabia, Al Ahly Leasing & Factoring Company, Al Rimal Group, Albanese Physical Therapy, Albert Heijn, Alibaba Cloud Workspace Client, Alight Solutions, Alios Finance Group, Alissa Group, Alitech, Alpha Omega Winery, LLC, Altimedia, Amazon Smart plugs, AMD CPU VM (RMPocalypse), AMD CPUs (TEE.fail), American Airlines, American PowerNet, Ami Bearings, Anderson-Moore Construction, Android, ANIA KRUK, Ansell, Antigo Construction, Apache OpenOffice, Aphase II, ApleNet, Applied Technology Resources, Aptura Group & Central Indiana Hardware, ArcGIS, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Artistica Rubens, Asahi Group Holdings, Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Askul, ASP.NET Core, Assemblée Nationale, Astra Nova, AT&T Careers, Athol Hospital, ATIRG, Atrium Living Centers, Auckland City, Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness, Aussie Fluid Power, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk On-Demand Install Services, Automated Logistics Systems, Autorotor, Avast, AVG, Axelson, Williamowsky, Bender & Fishman, Badger Popcorn and Concession Supply, BAE Systems SOCET, Balancer, Bank3, BARCO Rent-A-Truck, Batta Fulkerson Law Group, Bay West, Bayu Buana Travel, Beijing Time Systems, Bell Engineering, Bellflower Unified School District, Benda Grace Stulz, Benefitelect, Benworth Capital Partners, Bergman Dacey Goldsmith, Berkeley Research Group, LLC, Bestlog Logistic Solutions, Beta Dyne, Beverly Hills Oncology Medical Group, Bicing, BIND DNS, BK Technologies, Black Hills Bentonite, Blavity Inc, blockchain smart contracts (EtherHiding), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, BMP Worldwide, Boilersource, Bolt Electricity, Oil & Gas, Bovavet, Boyer, BRDSoft, Bridgehead IT, Brihta, Bristol Student Union, Buffalo Games, Edaron, Ceaco, Cabinets 2000, LLC, Canada water and energy facilities, Canadian Tire, Canon imageCLASS MF654Cdw, Cape Dara Resort Pattaya, CapitalPlus Exchange, Castilla, Cavalry Consulting, CCI Tax Pros, CDS, CentOS Web Panel, Central Jersey Medical Center, Central Plate Services Limited, CESO, CEVA Logistics, CHDFS, Chi Rho Chiropractic, Chiapas Health Secretariat, Christina Development, Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco FTD firewalls, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco networking devices (SNMP), Cisco Snort, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX), City of Gloversville, NY, City of Houston Fire Department, TX, City of La Vergne, TN, City of Ottawa, Canada, City of Riviera Beach, FL, City of Sugar Land, TX, Clackamas Community College, Claimlinx, Clarion Safety Systems, Claude Desktop, ClearCare Periodontal & Implant Centre, Co-op Credit Union, Cocamar Cooperativa Agroindustrial, Cohen’s Fashion Optical, Coilplus, Cole Huber, LLP, Collins Aerospace, Colombia’s CNSC, Comcast, Community Unit School District 201, Computer World WLL, Conduent Business Services, LLC, ConnectWise Automate, Consolidated Restaurant Operations, ConvExx, Cooperativa Esercenti Farmacia Scrl, Core Resources Inc, Crave Management, Crenshaw Community Hospital, Crown Automotive Sales, Cursor, CyPark, D Magazine Partners, Dairy Farmers of America, Dakota Dostavka, Darvin Furniture, DataChain, Dayal Metal Containers Factory LLC, DCS Technologies Inc, Deco Dental, Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia, Dekalb County, GA, Dell BSAFE Crypto-C, Dell CloudLink, Delmia Apriso, Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft, Delta Electronics CNCSoft-G2, Delta Electronics DIAScreen, Delta, Dental Society of La Plata, Dentsu Merkle, Dermatology Associates, Designs for Vision, Desjardin Bank Group, Desjardins, Devolutions, Dilosa Food Companies, Dimarco Group LLC, Disseny Dental, Django, dmwapp, Docker runC, Doctor Alliance, Docurail, Dodo, Doha British School, DomeWatch, Domy, Double Oak Construction, Dublin Airport, DUC App, Dulcich, Dundee City Council, Durvet, E-First Aid Supplies, East Jefferson General Hospital, Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements, South Africa, Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana, Echo Lake Foods, Econo-Pak, Eligibility Tracking Calculators, Elliott Tax Service, Elmcrest Children’s Center, Encore Repair Services, ENEA, Enem Nostrum Remedies, Enessance Holdings, Engineered Profiles, Entr’ouvert Lasso, Envoy Air, Episource, LLC, Ernst & Young, Essential Cabinetry Group, Essilor of America, Eticex Hosting, evernote-mcp-server, Evogence, Evolve Mortgage Services, over 266,000 F5 BIG-IP instances, FA Servers, Fast Freight, Fatih Turizm, Fellou browser, Fidelity Pension Managers, Nigeria, Figment POS, FinWise, Fleet Landing, Flegenheimer International, Flock, Florida Marking Products, Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services, Form Energy, Inc, Fort Wayne Medical Education Program, Fouad Alghanim & Sons Group of Companies Holding, Fountains Condominium Operations, Framework Secure Boot, Francehopital, Fujifilm Biotechnologies, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), G & H Distributing, G-Plans, G-Xchange, Inc, G. Hauswirth Architects, Galine, Frye, Fitting & Frangos, LLP, Gardiners Solicitors, Garvin Promotion Group, Gas Generator Solutions, Gateworks Corporation, GB Mail, GCC Productions Inc. Fade In, GeBePro, Gemini Group, General Micro Systems (GMS), George E. Weems Memorial Hospital, Gerar, Gericke AG, Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers, GIMP, Gittens Healthcare, Gladinet CentreStack, Gladinet Triofox, Global Go, GlobalLogic Inc, Goglia Nutrition LLC, Goodfellow & Schuettlaw, Google Chrome, Google’s Find Hub, Grande Prairie Public Library, Greater Mental Health of New York, Gulf Warranties LLC, Gullco International, Gun Accessory Supply, Habib Bank AG Zurich, Hall Estill, Harmony Brands, Harvard University, Health and Vitality Center, Health Dimensions Group, Healthy Living Market and Café, Heart South Cardiovascular Group, Heartland Health Center, Heimbrock, Heimdall Data, HeiTech Padu Berhad, Hello Cake, Hematology Oncology Consultants, Henrietta Ezeoke Law Firm, Henry Raymond & Thompson, Heywood Hospital, Hikvision iSecure Center, Hitzinger, HMP Global, Holtz Office Support, Home Assistant Green, Hometown Credit Union, Hongji Metal, Hosteur, HSBC USA, Huber, Erickson & Bowman, Huddle01, Hyundai AutoEver America, I-Tek Medical Technologies, IBEW Local 697, iCare Software, ICET Studios, ICTBroadcast, IKAD, Il Manifesto, Imagicle, Indian Spring Country Club, ING Bank, Instituto Nacional de Oftalmologia, Peru, Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc, Intel CPUs (TEE.fail), International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), International.com, Invacare, Ioxo & Stream Computers, IPrimus, Iran’s Ravin Academy, Iraqi Electoral Commission, IREM companies, Irwin Car, Izaki Group Investments, J & S Electrical And Lighting Supply, JA Jennings, Jack’s Family Restaurants, JavaScript expr-eval, Jazeera Airways, JC Auto Accident Law Firm, Jean-Georges, Jewett-Cameron, JFS Wealth Advisors, Kansas City Police Department, KS, Karnes Electric Cooperative, Kasmawi, Kaufman & Stigger, Kaufman County, Texas (twice), Kearney Public Schools, NE, Kelowna airport, BC, Kettering Health, Khan and Associates CPA, Khatami Law, KHL Printing, Kipp & Christian, Kirby Corporation, KIS Asset Evaluation, KISS FM, Kitchen Design Concepts, KLA Instruments, Klae Construction, Kobayashi, Koch & Co, Koch & White Heating & Cooling, Koncise Company, Kottster Server, Krita, KT Corp, Kubernetes runC, Kudela & Weinheimer, Kumwell, Kwik Mix Materials, LaBonne, Land Title Guaranty, Lanscope Endpoint Manager, LaRosa’s Pizzeria, Latona Trucking, 42 Latvian municipalities, Laxmi Niwas Palace, Legacy Health, Legacy Manufacturing, Legal Aid Agency, Lexmark CX532adwe, LG U+, LGAA LLC, Lidera Network, LifeBridge Health, Limocar, Lincoln University, LMHT Associates, LNER, Logitech, Long Island Weight Loss Institute, Lorber, Greenfield & Polito, LLP, Louvre Museum, LP Insurance, LuBian, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Luis Garratón, Lumma Stealer, Luxury Escapes, Lüks Artvin Seyahat, M-TIBA, Mack Energy, Magna Hospitality Group, Mailing.com, Maine Course Hospitality Group, Mainetti UK, Maki Building Centers, Malibu Boats Australia, Manassas City Public Schools, Mango, Mango’s Tropical Cafe, Manko Window Systems, Marine Turbine Technologies, Marmotech, Matlusky, Max.ru, Mayco International, McDonald Building, McIntosh Labs, Mciver Engineering & Controls, Mecanex USA, MedImpact, Meinhardt Group, Meritage Hospitality, Metal Pros, Methodist Homes of Alabama & Northwest Florida, MetroWest Community FCU, Mexican Bank Debtor, Michael R. Schwartz, MD, FACS, Microbix Biosystems, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Windows, Middlesex Appraisal Associates, Middlesex Endodontics, Miljödata, Mission City Community Network, Inc, Modernizing Medicine (ModMed), Mold In Graphic Systems, Monsta FTP, Montage Marketing Services, Moonlight Basin, More Than Gourmet, Morris Communications Company LLC, Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager, Mountain West, Moxa security appliances, MS Metal Solutions, MSC-Wireless, Mt. Baker Imaging, Muji, MusikComputer GmbH, MyCardiologist, MyVidster, NAHGA Claims Services, NasDem Party, National Coatings, National Informatics Centre (NIC) Kavach, National Institute of Administration, Navigator Business Solutions, Nelligan White Architects, NetcoreCloud, Netgate pfSense CE, New Toyo International Holdings Ltd, Newk, Newmark Healthcare Services, Nikkei, Nintendo, NJ Lenders Corp, Noble Compaña de Seguros, Nobu Restaurants, Noroaco, Northern Light Technologies, Northern Montana Health Care (NMHC), Northwest Radiologists, NurseSpring, NVIDIA CPUs (TEE.fail), OB-GYN Associates, OCI International Holdings, Oglethorpe, OMS, One Agency Eastlakes, oobabooga, OpenAI Assistants API, OpenAI Atlas browser, OpenEyes Technologies, Opera Neon, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle VirtualBox, Origin Energy, Origin, Oscars Group, Ouranos, Outcomes One, Inc, OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Palacios Marine Industrial (PMI), Palomar Health Medical Group, Pan-American, Pangea, Paris Rétina Vision, Paterson & Dowding, Patron Insurance, Patterson-Schwartz & Associates, Inc, PCB Uitvaartzorg, People’s Postcode Lottery, PeopleGuru Holdings, Inc, Peppermint Properties, Peraso, Perplexity Comet, Phia Group, Phillips Hue Bridge, Phillips Printing Company, Phoenix Village Dental, PHP CGI, PHPUnit, Pine Pharmaceuticals, Pinto Coates Kyre & Bowers, Pittsburgh Gastroenterology Associates, Pixar OpenUSD, Plastics Extrusion Machinery, Platinum Wines & Spirits, PLP SoCal, Pocatello Ready Mix, Polymarket, Ponzini SPA, Post Ranch Inn, PQCNC Hospitals, Precision Machined Products, Prime Dental, Pritchard Brown & Chillicothe Metal, Productive Tool Products, Professional’s Choice Sports, Propertyfinder / PropSpace CRM, Prosper, Prova, Provincial Department of Health Services Sri Lanka, Pruksa Holding, PT Kalimantan Prima Persada, Pulse Urgent Care Center, Punjab Forensic Science Agency, Qatar Gas and Tar Company, Iran, QNAP Qhora-322, QNAP TS-453E, Radiant Capital, Ravin Academy, React Native CLI, Real Estate Specialists, Reese Group, Regency Specialist Hospital, Resana, Revive Adserver, Rex-Hide, Ribbon Communications, Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, Riddell Law Group, Right at Home, Ringmor, Rios Espinosa, Ritz, Clark & Ben-Asher, River City Eye Care, RKA Consulting Group, Roblox, Rockhill Women’s Care, Rockstar, Rogers Mechanical, Romanian National Penitentiary Association (ANP), Ronemus & Vilensky, Royal Thai, RPI Roofing, Sai Mai Hospital, Saigon Industrial Service, Samera Health, Samsung Android, Samsung Galaxy S25, San Benito County, CA, San Bernard Electric Cooperative, San Diego Automotive Museum, Santander Bank, SAP Solution Manager, Sarulla Operation, Saturday Spotlight, Saturn Machine, Sauter Modulo, Saxun, Scales Sales & Service, Scouts Canada, Seasons Federal Credit Union, Sedgebrook, Selig Enterprises, Sellars Absorbent Materials, Sensational Teeth, Sensory, Servicios del Valle del Fuerte, Mexico, Seward County, KS, Shadrix & Parmer, Shands Elbert, Shaparak, Shelbyville Police Department, Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, SHRM New Mexico, SIAD, Sierra Vista Hospital & Clinics, Signet Armorlite, Silverado Contractors, Inc, Silverlake Axis, Simon Property Group, Sincros Lab, SK Shieldus, SK-Telecom, Snipe-IT, Soapy Joe’s Car Wash, Soft Serve, Software Unlimited Corp, Sold Real Estate, SonicWall, Sonos Era 300, Sotheby’s, SourceOne Corporation, South African Revenue Service (SARS), South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, South Atlanta Medical Clinic, Speedmais, Spijkermat, Spindletop Center, Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, Sprague & Jackson, St Stephen’s International, Stephenson’s Rental Services, Stowaway Storage, Studio Corvo Parma, Sullivan Interests, Summit Golf Brands, Summit Hotel Properties, Sunnyvale Elementary School District, Super Quik, Super Value, SuperGrosz, Superior Air Parts, Superior Court of California for the County of San Joaquin, Superior Linen Service, Svenska Kraftnät, Sydney Centre for Ear, Nose & Throat, Sylvester Roofing, SymbolTransport, Synnovis, Synology ActiveProtect Appliance DP320, Synology BeeStation Plus, Synology CC400W, Synology DiskStation DS925+, Systems Integrated, Tass Meister Patent Firm, Tavo Packaging Inc, TBM Service Group, TELACU Property Management, Inc, TENAX Law Group PC, Tenryu America, Tex-Tube, Thailand’s Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE), The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, The Fence People, The Gerson, The Job Shop, The Laxmi Niwas Palace, The Phia Group, The Thayer Hotel, The Union League of Philadelphia, ThinkPHP, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman, Time Equities, TISZA Világ, TMF Logistics, Toys R Us Canada, TP-Link Festa routers, TP-Link Omada gateways, Trans7, Travere Therapeutics, Tri City Foods, Tri-Century Eye Care, Trojan Construction & Holding Group, Truffle Security Co. TruffleHog, Truro Cannabis, Tryon Distributing, Ubiquiti AI Pro, 8 UK Ministry of Defence bases, UK National Health Service (NHS), UniCursos, Unigym Gatineau, UnitedLayer, University of Cádiz, University of Pennsylvania, UrbanX, US Attorneys Office (USAO), US Congressional Budget Office (CBO), US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US Department of Justice (DOJ/FBI), US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), US National Security Administration (NSA), USB Memory Direct, UScraft, Vanan Online Services, Vascara, Vietnam, Veeam Agent, Verdugo Hills Dental, Verisure, Vertikal Systems, Vexels, Vibra Hospital, Victorian Chemical, Victory Christian Center, Village of New Lenox, Ville de MontLaurier, Vinomofo, Vitalmex, VIZ Media, Volkswagen, Vrata Tech, VZW Avalon, Wakefield & Associates, WarmBlue, Washington Post, WatchGuard Firebox, WatchGuard Fireware, Watsonville Community Hospital, Waveny LifeCare, We R Family Foundation, Weber, Weintraub Traub Tracy & Virk Cra’s LLP, West Welch Reed Engineers, Western Sydney University, WhatsApp, Wheale Law Firm, Windows Server Update Service (WSUS), Windsurf, Winholt Equipment Group, Wisconsin Department Of Corrections, Wits University, Wood PLC, WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin, WordPress Gravity Forms plugin, WordPress GutenKit plugin, WordPress Hunk Companion plugin, WordPress JobMonster theme, WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin, WordPress Post SMTP plugin, WordPress Slider Revolution plugin, Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California, Wright Tool, Wright-Gardner Insurance, X.Org Server, Xortec, Xubuntu website, XWiki, Yaesu, Yas Takaful Dubai Insurance, Zacho-Lind, Zierick Manufacturing Corporation, Zoho ManageEngine, Zoom Workplace, and ZZ Dats have reported hacking or compromises this month.

Amazon Web Services (AWS US-EAST-1), Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure (more than once), Microsoft Security Response Center, and YouTube have suffered from outages this month.

Internet access throughout Bermuda, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Pakistan, Philippines, Tanzania, and Ukraine has been blocked our down for extended periods.

Last months updates broke Cisco Duo, HP OneAgent / Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft Outlook, smart card authentication, sprotect.sys compatibility, USB mouse and keyboard in WinRE, wallpaper managers, Windows 11 Media Creation Tool, Windows Task Manager and Start menu, and the Windows Update Hotpatch service.

There’s a new type of worm out there. GlassWorm uses a combination of Solana, UTF-concealed code, and remote access trojans to ensure that it’s impossible to shut down or kill from the top-down while still being fully manageable by the people behind it. In addition, it uses compromised developer accounts to propagate by uploading itself to their repositories in order to grow the botnet to new audiences. This signals the first major use of these three aspects in combination and the first software of its kind to operate with no centralized command-and-control server. This evolution is going to cause a massive change in how we deal with security incidents and how we protect our devices.

Half of all the satellites in orbit are exposing your information in clear text.

Nearly 2 billion accounts from hundreds of thousands of different platforms have been disclosed in a credential stuffing database (Synthient). While this appears to mostly be the result of stealer logs (the result of hacked devices), there is a lot of duplication in the data which demonstrates a lot of password re-use and thus a high chance of other accounts being abused as a result.

The boss of a defense contractor, Trenchant, has been selling exploits to foreign governments.

The Louvre Museum security system was “hacked” in order to enable thieves to steal the crown jewels. It’s hardly hacking when the password was so stupid.

“Beware that, when fighting monsters,
you yourself do not become a monster.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche

Now for the good news:

SpaceX disabled 2,500 Starlink terminals in Asia to curb their use by scammers.

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is relatively small this month. The typical computer should see roughly  4.0 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released 41 updates to address 68 vulnerabilities in Azure Monitor Agent, Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP), Dynamics 365 Field Service (online), GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code, Host Process for Windows Tasks, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Streaming Service, Microsoft Wireless Provisioning System, Multimedia Class Scheduler Service (MMCSS), Nuance PowerScribe, OneDrive for Android, SQL Server, Storvsp.sys Driver, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension, Windows Administrator Protection, Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock, Windows Bluetooth RFCOM Protocol Driver, Windows Broadcast DVR User Service, Windows Client-Side Caching (CSC) Service, Windows Common Log File System Driver, Windows DirectX, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Kerberos, Windows Kernel, Windows License Manager, Windows OLE, Windows Remote Desktop, Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), Windows Smart Card, Windows Speech, Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI, Windows TDX.sys, Windows WLAN Service, and MSRT. This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Oracle released 374 security updates this quarter to address 170 vulnerabilities in 29 product lines.

Apple released updates for iOS 18.7.2, iOS 26.1, iPadOS 18.7.2, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, Safari 26.1, tvOS 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and Xcode 26.1. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install the most current versions.

iOS 18.7.2 and 26.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 18.7.2 and 26.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

watchOS 26.1 is a security update. Use the Watch app on your iPhone to install the most current version.

tvOS 26.1 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

visionOS 26.1 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google ChromeOS 141.0.7390.115 and ChromeOS LTS 138.0.7204.296 are security updates. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Fedora 43 updates libraries, adds Hare support, changes UEFI+MBR requirements, and enables automatic updates. This is not a security update.
https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/

Don’t forget to check your mobile devices, too! Many updates will also apply to your tablet, phone, kindle or television – so check your device-appropriate App Store and install updates.

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.

The release of macOS Tahoe (26.x) means that macOS Ventura (13.x) and older are no longer supported. If you can not install at least macOS Sonoma (14) on your Mac then you should immediately remove your device from the Internet and use it offline only. It will no longer receive patches or updates and can now no longer be secured.

The current — and final — release of the Windows 10 (v22H2) is end of life (EOL). All non-LTS versions of Windows 10 without ESU are now out of support, with the sole alternatives being to upgrade to Windows 11 or enable Extended Service Updates (ESU). If you aren’t sure whether you are using LTS, you aren’t. Enable the ESU now.

The current release of the Windows 11 (v25H2) is very large (30% larger than any previous release) so will take a long time to download on slower connections. Windows 11 pushes you to get the latest Windows 11 release every 12 months and only supports any consumer builds for 24 months. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

Windows 11 is now stable and can be upgraded to if your hardware supports it. If not, switch to Linux (Mint is nice) or replace your computer.

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 or use, reducing the attack surface. This includes “free” applications like Avast, OpenOffice, drivers for hardware you’re not using (like old printers), and games you do not actually play.

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.

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 a SaferPC Subscription and we will install updates 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.

AMD Adrenalin 25.10.2 is a security update.
https://www.amd.com/en/support

BullZip PDF Printer 2025.2.0.2990 is a security update.
https://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php#download

Epson ET-2720 2.100.00 is a security update.
https://epson.com/Support/Printers/All-In-Ones/ET-Series/Epson-ET-2720/s/SPT_C11CH42201?review-filter=Windows+10+64-bit

Epson ET-2988 3.60.00 is a security update.
https://epson.com/Support/Printers/All-In-Ones/ET-Series/Epson-ET-2988/s/SPT_C11CL41203?review-filter=Windows+11

Epson ET-15000 3.60.00 is a security update.
https://epson.com/Support/Printers/All-In-Ones/ET-Series/Epson-ET-15000/s/SPT_C11CH96201?review-filter=Windows%2010%2064-bit

MTPdrive 4.5.179 resolves a stability bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.mtpdrive.com/

Plustek ePhoto Z300 6.7.0.5 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://plustek.com/us/products/film-photo-scanners/ephoto-z300/support.php

TP-Link Archer A6 v3 250718 improves stability and PPPoE support. This is not a security update.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-a6/v3/#Firmware

TP-Link Archer AX72 v1.60 250814 is a security update.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax72-pro/#Firmware

UniFi U6 Professional 6.7.33 adds packet capture, Roaming Assistant, 5GHz channel selection, mesh improvements, and resolves a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/software/u6-pro

Browser Updates

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

Brave 1.84.132 is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Firefox 145.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Firefox ESR 140.5.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Google Chrome 142.0.7444.134 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Microsoft Edge 142.0.3595.69 is a security update.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business/download

SeaMonkey 2.53.22 is a security update.
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Email Updates

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

DavMail Gateway 6.5.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://davmail.sourceforge.net/

Spark 3.27.2.122708 ramps up the AI integration. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Spark (macOS) 3.27.2.122707 ramps up the AI integration. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 144.0.1 is a security update.
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Internet Updates

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

AnyDesk 9.6.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

AnyDesk (macOS) 9.5.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

curl 8.17.0 resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

Discord November 4, 2025 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://discord.com/download

Dropbox 236.4.5918 resolves several bugs and improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

Google Drive 117.0 is a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

MeshCentral 1.1.53 resolves a couple bugs and improves UI controls. This is not a security update.
https://meshcentral.com/info/downloads.html

Mumble 1.5.857 is a security update.
https://www.mumble.info/

Nextcloud Server 32.0.1 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

OneDrive 25.184.0921.0004 adds Copilot actions, improves offline mode, renames binaries, and adds the ability to cleanly opt out of the OneDrive Backup service. This is not a security update.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive

Rclone 1.71.2 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://rclone.org/

Signal 7.78.0 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/windows/

Signal (Android) 7.63.3 adds split-screen support, improves performance and resolves many bugs. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Syncthing 2.0.11 migrates database to SQLite, improves log structure, changes CLI syntax, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://syncthing.net/

Technitium DNS Server 14.0.1 is a security update.
https://technitium.com/dns/

Telegram 6.2.4 makes a couple minor changes in the UI and resolves crash bugs. This is not a security update.
https://telegram.org/

WinSCP 6.5.4 is a security update.
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Zoom 6.6.6.19875 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

3tene 4.0.22 resolves several bugs related to facial tracking. This is not a security update.
https://en.3tene.com/

Grayjay 342 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://grayjay.app/index.html

iTunes 12.13.9.1 is a security update.
https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Minecraft Server (Bedrock) 1.21.122.2 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock

Nintendo Switch 21.0.0 updates cosmetics and cloud settings, and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22525/kw/system%20updates/p/989

PS5 2025.101 displays more hardware details and messaging. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/

SteamOS SteamDeck Update 2025.11.06 improves UI and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/

Office Updates

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

Adobe Format Plugins 1.1.2 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/formatplugins/apsb25-114.html

Adobe Illustrator 29.8.3 and 30.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb25-109.html

Adobe Illustrator Mobile 3.0.10 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator-mobile-ios/apsb25-111.html

Adobe InCopy 21.0 and 20.5.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb25-107.html

Adobe InDesign ID21.0 and ID20.5.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb25-106.html

Adobe Pass 3.8.0 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/pass/apsb25-112.html

Adobe Photoshop 26.9 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb25-108.html

Adobe Reader DC 25.001.20844 resolves stability bugs. This is not a security update.
https://get.adobe.com/reader

Adobe Substance 3D Stager 3.1.6 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_stager/apsb25-113.html

Calibre 8.14.0 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

Columns++ 1.3 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/Coises/ColumnsPlusPlus

LibreOffice 25.2.7 resolves over 40 bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Nextcloud Desktop 4.0.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Notepad++ 8.8.7 adds a publisher certificate for the installation packages and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

OpenOffice 4.1.16 is a security update.
https://www.openoffice.org/download/

Paint.net 5.1.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.getpaint.net/

PDF-XChange Editor 10.7.5.403 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

Operating System Updates

These are for specific Linux flavors and alternative operating systems and, sadly, are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Fedora 43 updates libraries, adds Hare support, changes UEFI+MBR requirements, and enables automatic updates. This is not a security update.
https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/

Google ChromeOS 141.0.7390.115 is a security update. Use Help, About to install this update.

Google ChromeOS LTS 138.0.7204.296 is a security update. Use Help, About to install this update.

iOS 18.7.2 and 26.1 are security updates.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

iPadOS 18.7.2 and 26.1 are security updates.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

macOS Tahoe 26.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

macOS Sequoia 15.7.2 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

tvOS 26.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

visionOS 26.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

watchOS 26.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100

Security Software Updates

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

KeePass 2.60 adds group path search, consistent shortcuts and hot keys, improved import options, and improves several other UI and integration features. This is not a security update.
https://keepass.info/

ProtonVPN 4.3.5 resolves several bugs and adds FIDO2 security key support. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/win-app/releases/latest

RogueKiller 16.5.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/

SanDisk PrivateAccess 6.4.14.0 adds messaging signaling that the software is now end of life and should be removed as soon as possible. Migrate your data out of PrivateAccess and remove it.
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/48025

Stinger 13.0.0.562 adds support for new detections. This is not a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

uBlock Origin 1.67.0 resolves a couple bugs and improves various features. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/latest

WebBrowserPassView 2.18 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/web_browser_password.html

YARA 4.5.5 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/

Capture Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Open Broadcaster Software 32.0.2 resolves a couple crash bugs. This is not a security update.
https://obsproject.com/

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

DVDFab 13.0.5.1 adds support for new encodings and improves menu editing. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

StreamFab 6.2.6.2 adds multithreading, improves compatibility, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 3.0.3.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/unifab.htm

Education updates

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

Zotero 7.0.27 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.zotero.org/

Zotero (macOS) 7.0.29 resolves Safari and Word clipboard issues. This is not a security update.
https://www.zotero.org/

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

1Password 8.11.18 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/

Beyond Compare 5.1.6.31527 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.scootersoftware.com/download

Bitwarden 2025.10.0 improves observation of data ownership policies, adds direct importer for Chromium browser accounts, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

BulkFileChanger 1.74 resolves a field copy bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bulk_file_changer.html

CCleaner 7.01.1042 resolves several bugs and renames several features. This is not a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

Cygwin 3.6.5 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://cygwin.com/

DesktopOK 12.21 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

dnGrep 4.6.39.0 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

Everything 1.4.1.1030 is a security update.
https://www.voidtools.com/

Everything SDK 1.4.1.1030 is a security update.
https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/sdk/

Everything Toolbar 2.1.1 resolves a couple bugs. This is a security update.
https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar/

ExplorerPatcher 26100.4946.69.6 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/

Fing 3.9.2 adds PDF reporting and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fing.com/products/fing-desktop-download-windows

Git SCM 2.51.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://git-scm.com/

GoodSync 12.9.14 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

Homedale 2.22 improves filtering. This is not a security update.
https://www.the-sz.com/products/homedale/

LessMSI 2.10.4 resolves a selection bug. This is not a security update.
https://lessmsi.activescott.com/

MPAM 1.441.121.0 adds support for new detections. This is not a security update.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/defenderupdates

MultiMonitorTool 2.21 resolves a stability bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html

NTLite 2025.11.10669 adds support for Windows 24H1 and updates component support. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

PolicyPlus October 2025 updates included policies. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/Fleex255/PolicyPlus/releases

PowerToys 0.95.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/latest

Process Explorer 17.07 adds strings for Arm64 binaries and fixes a notification bug. This is not a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

PSAppDeploy 4.1.7 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

Remotly 1.35.0 adds UPnP port forwarding. This is not a security update.
https://remotly.com/

RDCMan 3.11 enables Entra ID login. This is not a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/rdcman

ripgrep 15.1.0 resolves a bug with line buffering. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/latest

RoboForm 9.8.3 resolves a security bug. This is a security update.
https://www.roboform.com/

WinGet 1.12.350 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest

WinScan2PDF 9.44 adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

ZoomIt 9.20 adds ability to export to MP4 and GIF. This is not a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

.NET Runtime 9.0.10 and 10.0.0 are security updates.
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

Android Studio 2025.2.1.7 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

DB Browser for SQLite 3.13.1 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://sqlitebrowser.org/

GameMaker Studio 2024.14.0.207 is a security update.
https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker

GDevelop 5.5.245 adds new templates and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

GitHub Desktop 3.5.4 is a security update.
https://desktop.github.com/

Go 1.25.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://go.dev/

Inno Setup 6.6.0 improves dark mode, custom styling support, and pascal scripting. This is a security update.
https://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php

Java 8u471 is a security update.
https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Node.js 22.21.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 24.11.0 marks the transition to LTS. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 25.1.0 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

SQLite 3.51.0 adds a couple new macros, improves JSON support and CLI capabilities, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

TortoiseGit 2.18.0 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://tortoisegit.org/

Visual Studio Code 1.105.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

WinMerge 2.16.52 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://winmerge.org/

Virtual Machine Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

VirtualBox 7.2.4 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Web Package Updates

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

HumHub 1.17.4 adds a nonce for OEmbeds and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.humhub.com/en

MailEnable 10.54 resolves several bugs and improves logging. This is a security update.
https://www.mailenable.com/

ownCloud Client 6.0.2.17506 is a security update.
https://owncloud.com/desktop-app/

Piwigo 15.7.0 is a security update.
https://piwigo.org/

Contact Form 7 6.1.3 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Email Log 2.62 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/email-log/

WordPress Importer 0.9.5 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-importer/

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

Regards,

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

Updates 2025-08-12

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Welcome back, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for August, 2025.

It’s as safe as it’s going to be to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 or macOS 15/Sequoia.

If your Windows 10 computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11, or if you used a registry or installation bypass to install an older version of Windows 11 on it that is no longer supported, then you might be able to use one of the several Windows 10 extended servicing options to get another year out of it.

There were 1150+ major hacks in the last two months (last month is included here), and over 650 application updates this month. It’s an enormous month, with about 6.5 GB of updates for most users.

This Month in Technology

32 Pearls, WA, 4 Corners Repair & Restoration, 7-Zip, a banking network, A&R Engineering, Able Home Care, Acadiana Radiation Therapy, LLC, LA, Acarlar Ltd, ACCU Reference Medical Laboratory, Ace Wire Spring & Form, Act Legal, ActFax Server, Adidas, Aditya Birla Capital Unit, Admiral Gaming Network, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Advance Ready Mix, AEROBLOX, Aeroflot, Aflac, AFPA, Aftership, Aggressive Air Compressor, Agura B.C. Ltd, AGX Financeira, Ahold Delhaize, Air France and KLM, Air Serbia, Airedale Springs, Airpay, AIS InfoSource LP, Akribis Systems, Alaska Airlines, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albavisión, Albemarle County, VA, Alera Group, IL, Alert Medical Alarms, Algeria’s National Bank System, All Choice Rentals, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (“AIIMS”), Allegra, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Allianz Seguros Spain, Allied Services Division Welfare Fund, Allied Steel Buildings, Alliedbankers Insurance Corporation, Alpha Wellness & Alpha Medical Centre, GA, Alpine iLX-507, AltaMed Health Services Corporation, CA, Altos, Inc, Amazon AWS Client, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AMEOS Group, American Consumer Credit Counseling, Inc, AMI Group, AMI’s MegaRAC BMC, Anadolu Hastaneleri, Anderson & Karrenberg, Android Enterprise, Anne Arundel Dermatology, MD, Anritsu ShockLine, Antalya Veterinary Doctors Association, Anthropic MCP, AOMEI Backupper Workstation, AOMEI Cyber Backup, Apache Traffic Server, Apex Global Solutions, LLC, NY, APL, Apollo MD, Apple iOS, Apple macOS, Apple Safari, Arbor Associates, Inc, MI, Arbor Associates, MA, Arbour Volkswagen, Arcadia Finance, Arch Linux, Arctic Glacier Premium Ice, Arctic Group, Ark Consultancy, Arlington Occupational Health and Wellness, TX, Artex Management, Artivion, GA, Asana MCP AI, Asefa Insurance, Asemas, Ashland schools, MA, Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Ashlar-Vellum Graphite, Associated Packaging, Astro Industries, ASUS Armoury Crate, ATEN eco DC, atHome, Atlantis Submarines, Audio Geeks, Australian Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, Autel MaxiCharger AC Wallbox, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, an auto dealer portal granted access to personal information, financials, and even remotely unlock tens of thousands of vehicles, Avala Holdings, LA, Avantic Medical Lab, NJ, AVG TuneUp for PC, Axis CCTV cameras, Axis Max Life Insurance, Axis Servers, Azure Machine Learning, B&M, Backstage Library Works, BAF Management Consulting, Baillie Lumber, Bajaj Finserv, Balance Diagnostics, NY, Baltimore Archdiocese, Bangladesh Government Portal, Bar Harbor, Bardmoor Cancer Center, FL, Barrett-Jackson Holdings, LLC, Base44, Basecamp, Becker Robotic, Beep Systems, Belk, Belmont Christian College, Beluga, Benefits Management Group, Inc, Best Price Financial Services, Bevolkingsonderzoek Nederland, BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access, Big Rock Resort, BIG Silver, BigONE, Biletall, Bing, Binghatti, Bitbox, Bitcoin Depot, Inc, BitoPro, Bitpanda, BlackSuit, Blanco Creek Farms, Bloomberg Comdb2, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Shield of California, Bluetooth chips from ten vendors, Bluewater Yacht Sales, BMS Holdings, LP, BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, Bogota Government, Boley Centers, Bolton Walk-In Clinic in Ontario, Boutin Jones, Bouygues Telecom, Bowles, Womack & Company, PC, Brandt Kettwick Defense, Brazil’s Central Bank, BreachForums, Bridges Experience, Inc, Bridgewater Associates, Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, MA, Bristol Hose, British Horseracing Authority, Broadcom chips, Broadleaf Game, Broadwest Specialty Surgical Center, IN, Broken Bow Public Schools, Bronze Craft, 689 models of Brother printers, Brownie, Brunton-Shaw, Brussels Parliament, BTS Group Holdings, Budget Electric, Budinger & Associates, Buffalo Marine, Burmann and EMPUR Produktions GmbH, public transit buses, BYU-Pathway Worldwide, C B King Memorial School, C&M, California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence – Fresno, California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence – High Desert, California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence – San Diego, Call of Duty: WWII, Calton & Associates, Inc, Cameron, Hodges, Coleman, LaPointe, Cancer Care Center of North Florida-Lake Butler, FL, Canonical Ubunto Kernel, Capitol Taxes, Cappuccino Hotel, Cardinal Services, Cardiology Associates of Fredericksburg, VA, Carolyn Young, Carrollton ENT, CARSTAR Business Group, Cartel Communication Systems, Carter Manufacturing, Casa Dorita, Casino de Monte Carlo, Cathay Pacific, Catwatchful, cCARE Fresno, CCI Torrevieja, CDMX Auxiliary Police, Cegid, Cenomi Retail, Center for Clinical Research, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, MD, Central Kentucky Radiology, KY, Central Maine Healthcare, Century Support Services, Cerner Corporation, MO, Cetdigit, CF Construction, CGP&H, Chain IQ, Chanel, Chicago’s WFMT radio station, Christian Brothers Academy, Christian Dior Couture SAS, ci-Fabrics, Cibraco, Cierant Corporation, CT, Cineverse, Cisco.com, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Citrix devices (CitrixBleed2), City of Gardendale, City of Green River, City of Keene, NH, City of Peabody, MA, Clam AntiVirus, Clarkston Chiropractic Sports & Wellness, MI, Clement Manor, WI, Cleo, Clinica Family Health & Wellness, CO, Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy, ClockWorkAdmin, Club Grido, Clymene Management Services, LLC, Coalinga Regional Medical Center, Cock.li, CoinDCX, CoinMarketCap, ColdFusion, College Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Colorado West Construction, Columbia University, Come to Paris, Сomet Strip Enterprises, Compass Counseling Services, FL, Complete Care Rehab, MI, Compumedics, NC, Computer Ingenuity Associates, Comyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, Connex Credit Union, CONTRAQI, Cookville Regional Medical Center, TN, Corinthian Media, Correos de Chile, Covenant Health of Tewksbury, MA, Creams Cafe, CrediX, Crenshaw Community Hospital, AL, Crompton Lamps, Crumbl, 1,000 CrushFTP servers, Cryoviva, 3,500 websites hijacked to mine crypto, Cucamonga Valley Water District, Culver’s Lawn & Landscape, Cumberland County Hospital Association, KY, Cursor, Custom Food Ingredients, Cutcliffe, Archetto & Santilli, CyberlinkASP, Cycle & Carriage, Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution, DA Whitacre Construction, Dairy Farmers of America, Daniels Law Group LLC, Dansoft, DARA Pharma, Darien Telephone, Dassault Systèmes eDrawings Viewer, DataSafeApps, DC Investors, Deakin Medical Centre, Dealmed Medical Supplies, Decisely Insurance Services, LLC, GA, Delhi Hospitals, Dell, Dell ControlVault3, Dell laptops (ReVault), Dell Technologies, Delta Electronics CNCSoft, Delta Electronics DTM, Denali Biomedical, AK, Deutsche Telekom, Disk Union, Disneyland Paris, Dithelm Travel Group, Diversified Services Enterprises, FL, DKN Hotels, Doctors Memorial Hospital, FL, DOJ Forensic Science Division, MT, Dollar Tree, Donlar Construction, Dordt University, Doyon, Limited, DP Systems, Druni, DTiQ Technologies Inc, Dtunes.ng, DTX Studio, Duke Regional Hospital, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Dunlop Codding, Dyalcom, Dynamic Netsoft, Dyrham Park, e+ Oncologics Louisiana, LLC, LA, E-Mail Security Virtual Appliance, Eagle Builders, Eastern Platinum Limited, Ebber Restaurant Group, Eclipse ThreadX, Effortless Office Enterprises, LLC, EGallery, EIA Global, Eiffage, El Paso Glass, El Paso Quality Dentistry, TX, Electronics For Imaging, Inc, Elematec Corporation, Eleos Wellness, FL, Ellis Medicine, NY, Elmo, Elmore County, ID, EmCentrix, eMedia, Emerson Chiropractic, IN, EMM Corp, Emprise, Emtech Inc, Endgame Gear, ENENSYS IPGuard, Episource, Epsimed MN-120, Epworth HealthCare, Equilibria Mental Health Services, PA, Erie Insurance, Esse Health, MO, Estes Forwarding Worldwide, ESTT, EupFin, Eurofins Scientific, Everglades Correctional Institution, Eversendai, Evoke Wellness, Exel Composites, ExpressVPN, F&P Georgia Mfg, Fairbanks Urology, AK, Family & Community Services, Inc, Family Centers Inc, Family Service League, Fasana, Fayrefield Foods, FC Barcelona, Federassantas, Fenol Kimya, Finastra Technology, Inc, First Baptist Church of Hammond, Fishman, Larsen & Callister, FJD AT2 smart tractors, Florida Hand Center, FL, Florida Internal Medicine, Florida Lung, Asthma & Sleep Specialists, FL, Flutter Entertainment, Food Lion, FormWood Industries, Fort Smith Public School District, Fortinet FortiWeb, Forward, Four Quarters, FoxCMS, Foxit Reader, France Travail, Franchise Tax Board, Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, CA, Franklin Pierce Schools, Frazier & Bowles, Freedman Healthcare, Freedom Plaza Senior Living, FL, Freedom Square of Seminole, FL, Freedom Wood Doors, FreeFloat FTP Server, French Ministry of Education, French National Agency for Adult Vocational Training AFPA, Frontline Bioenergy, Fuji Electric Smart Editor, Fund for Reformed Companies, G DATA Total Security, Gardner Orthopedics, Florida, Garmon and Company, Gaskar Integration, Gastroenterology Consultants of South Texas, Gateway Community Services, FL, Gemini CLI, General Physician PC, Genesis Billing Services, Genex Services, LLC, Genoa Community Hospital, NE, Genoa Medical Facilities, GFI Archiver, GFI Kerio Control, Ghana Police Service, Gigabyte UEFI, Gladney Adoption Center, Glens Falls, Gmail AI, GMX, Goldberg & Osborne, Golden State Radiation Oncology, CA, Good Samaritan Health, Google Ads, Google Chrome, Google Drive, Google Gemini, Google’s Gemini CLI, Grafana Image Renderer, Grayscale Investments, Great CDL Training, Great Lakes Carpet & Tile, Green River City, GreenLight Biosciences, Greta Group, GRS Informatica, GStreamer, Guyana Sugar, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, Hacken, HackerOne sandbox, Haha Graby World, Halvorsen Family Law Group, Hannaford, Har Hevron Regional Council, Harbor, OH, Haruv Institute, Have Fun Teaching, Hawaiian Airlines, HCK Capital Group, Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont, Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Heartline, OK, Helical Auto Technology, Herrman Law Firm, HEXPOL Holding Inc, High Point Treatment Center, MA, Highlands Oncology Group, AR, Hollywood Dermatology, Holscher Holding, Honeywell middleware, Hongkong Post, HopeHealth Inc, SC, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Horizon Healthcare RCM, IN, Hospital Auxilio Mutuo, Hospital Management System, Hotam EC, House of Dior, Howard Financial & Associates, HPE Aruba Instant On Access Points, HPTC, HRConnects, LLC, Hulberg & Associates, Human Development Services of Westchester, NY, Hungryroot, Huntington Hospitality Financial Corp, Hôpital Privé de la Miotte, IBM, iBUYPOWER, IdeaLab, IES Communications, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Imblum Law Offices, IMDataCenter, IMSSA Manufacturing, Income Property Investments, CA, Indaco, Independent Title Agency, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Infinite Services, NY, Infinity Plumbing Designs, Inc, Inflite Engineering Services, Informatika AD, Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), Ingram Micro, InnoMedica, Inside One, Inspira Financial Trust, LLC, Integrated Oncology Network, TN, Integrated Specialty Coverages, LLC, Integrity Mortgage, International Criminal Court (ICC), INVT HMITool, INVT VT-Designer, iPROMOTEu, Iran International Network, Iranian Government Portal, Iranian TV, Ireland National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), IrfanView, IROAD Dashcam FX2, Iron County Medical Center, MO, Islington Golf Club, Israel Antiquities Authority, IT Access PTE, ITIM, Ivri, Kerner & Co, IWACLUB, Jack L Marcus Inc, WI, Jacksonville Beach Dermatology, Jamco Aerospace, Jean Bakhos, Jenkins servers, JFC Electric, JIEI CO, JNE, JobPlace, Johnson Controls, Jordan Drug, Inc, KY, JupyterLab, K&E Advanced Dentistry, OH, K2L, Kalad, Karunia Group, Katz & Doorakian Law, Kayan Aero, Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Kengen, Kentfield Hospital, CA, Kenwood DMX958XR, KEP Credit Union, Kerrville ISD, Kettering Health, Keys Pathology Associates, PA, FL, Keystone Shipping, KIA Vehicles, Kigen eUICC cards, Kimsuky, Kingdom of Tonga’s Ministry of Health, Kingsford Development, Kirkor Architects and Planners, KLM, KNP Logistics Group, Koch Eye Associates, Koenig Hausverwaltung, Kokomo24/7, Krispy Kreme, Krusell, Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Ministry, L3Harris, Lafayette Family YMCA, Lafayette Federal Credit Union, Lake Barkley State Resort Park, Lake City Cancer Care, FL, Lake Region Healthcare, Lake Risevatnet dam, Norway, Lamberts Business Systems, Landscape Hawaii, Langdon & Company, LLP CPA, NC, Lanterman Regional Center, Lawton Partners, LEADBUILD Construction Pte Ltd, Lee & Associates, Legal Aid Agency, Lemonade, Inc, Lenovo UEFI, LexisNexis, Liberty Township, Life Care Services, AL, Life Care Services, FL, Lincoln Law, Linux PAM and libblockdev, Linux Sudo, London Properties, LTD, Lorain County Auditor, Lorex 2K Indoor Wi-Fi Security Camera, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Louis Vuitton, Lovense, LP Charpente, Luxion KeyShot, LVMH, Lydig Construction, Lynkspot, Machu Picchu Foods, Mack Energy Corp, macOS (Sploitlight), Magellan Financial Group, Mailchimp, Mainetti, Mainline Health Systems, AK, Majestic, Manassas Park Schools, Manhattan Parking Group, Manning, Fulton & Skinner, PA., Manpower, Marbella KR8s Dashcam, MaReads, Marin Housing Authority, Marquette County Medical Care Facility, MI, Marquette County Medical Care Facility, OH, Martin, Showers, Smith, & McDonald, Marvell QConvergeConsole, Mastery Charter High School, Mauritanian Government Employability Platform, Max Financial, McCracken Financial Solutions, McDonald’s McHire, McKay Wealth Management, McKenzie Health System, McKenzie Memorial Hospital, MI, McLaren Health Care, MI, McLean Mortgage, McNealy Brown, MedDream PACS Premium, Media Broadcast Satellite, Medical Center of Marin, Medical Village LIV, Medicare.gov, MedicareCompareUSA, Medicover, Medusa, Meleam SpA, Memorial Radiation Oncology Medical Group, Mercedes-Benz AG, Merlin Industries, Mescius ActiveReports.NET, Meta AI, Meta Pool, MetaMask, Metricon Homes, MGI Singapore PAC, MGM Transformer, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft 365 Direct Send, Microsoft Bing AI, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft PC Manager, Microsoft PowerShell, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Gateway, Microsoft WinJS, Mid America Health, IN, Mid America Physician Services, MO, Milberg, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance, Mint, Mission City Community Network, MiVoice MX-ONE, Mizuha Financial Group, MJQ Education, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Mojave Radiation Oncology Medical Group, CA, Montalvo Institute, Mor-logistics, Moreno Valley Unified, CA, Morocco Clinic System, Morpeth Pharmacy, Morrison Companies, Morrow Equipment, Mortensen Law Offices, Mosaic Life Care, MO, Moti, Mount Baker Imaging, Mount Rogers Community Services, VA, Mount Vernon Property Management, Mountain Laurel Dermatology, NC, MOVEit Transfer, Mower County, Minnesota, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla VPN, Multilift Logistic Group, Murex Petroleum, MyBloodMiles, MyClic.fr, Myrtue Medical Center, IA, Món Sant Benet, Nanino, Naper Grove Vision Care, IL, NASCAR, National Health Information System of Tonga, National Institute of Water Resources, Nationwide Care Services, Naval Group, Neot Hovav, Nessus Security Scanner, Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (OM), New American Funding, New South Wales Christian, New York University, NewGen, Next Level Construction Services, NI LabVIEW, Niflaot Hatzuna Ltd, Nintendo consoles, Nippn TH, NK Customer Solutions, NKS Super Speciality Hospital, India, Nobitex, Nokia, Norpak, Norsk Global, North Country HealthCare, AZ, Northern Light Health, Northwest Medical Homes, LLC, OR, Northwest Radiologists, Nova Recovery Center, TX, Nova Scotia Power, Novabev, NPD Products, NPK, Nth Degree Investment Group, NuCamp RV, Nucor, NVIDIA Container Toolkit, NVIDIA Triton, OB/GYN Medical Center Associates, TX, Ocuco Inc, OKA, Olde Towne Medical and Dental Center, VA, Olivera Canarias, Omnicuris, One Gold Italia, ONEX Canada Asset Management, ONGC Petro Additions Limited, Openprovider, Optima Tax Relief, Oracle Code Editor, Oracle VirtualBox, Orange County Radiation Oncology Medical Group, CA, Orange Telecom, Oregon Specialty Group, OR, OrthoAtlanta LLC, GA, Otjiwarongo Municipality, Oxford City Council, Oxford Universal Corp, Pacific Biolabs, Pacific HealthWorks, Palawan Medical Mission Group Multipurpose Cooperative, Palm Bay International, Palomar Insurance, Pandora, PANSARD & ASSOCIES, PaperCut NG/MF, Paraguayan Public Defender’s Office, Paraguayan Superior Court of Electoral Justice, Paraguayan Vice Ministry of Economy, Parallels Client, Patron Insurance Services, Paul Wilkinson Law Firm, PBS, PDCM Insurance, IA, PDF-XChange Editor, PDI Health, NY, PEAK-System Driver, Pelindo, Pembroke Regional Hospital, Pennant Park, Pennsylvania Attorney General, PeopleCheck, Pergamon Status, PET Imaging of Dallas Northeast, TX, PET Imaging of Houston Medical Center, TX, PET Imaging of Northern Colorado, CO, PET Imaging of Sugar Land, TX, PET Imaging of The Woodlands, TX, PET Imaging of Tulsa, OK, Phil Smith Automotive, Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance, Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, Phoenix Lighting, PhyNet Dermatology, Pi-hole, Pilipili, Pinnacle Roofing, Pinnacle Woodwork, Pioneer DMH-WT7600NEX, Polykar, Pond North LLP, Portel Logistic Technologies, Positive Solutions, Precision Endodontics of Raleigh, NC, Premier 1888 Ltd, Premier Health Partners, OH, Premiere Surfaces, Inc, Prestige Maintenance USA, Primary Health Services Center, LA, Prime Retirement Solutions, LLC, Proactive Engineering Consultants, ProActive Solutions, Progressive Auto Group, Progressive Southeastern Insurance Company, Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, Protech Medical, Proton Authenticator, PT BPR Serang, Punta Del Agua, PZS Architects, Qantas, QHR, Qilin, QNAP QHora-322, QNAP TS-464, Quartas Engineering, Quaser Machine Tools, Quintana Roo Mobility Institute, Racine Olson, Radford City Schools, Radiation Oncology Network of Southern California, LLC, CA, Radiology Associates of Richmond, VA, Radix, Ralph S Livingston, CPA An Accountancy Corporation, Rare Breed TV, RattanIndia Power, Red Hat Enterprise, Regency Oaks, FL, Regional Center of the East Bay, CA, Reimo, Reizen Law, Remitly, Renkim Corporation, Repay Management Services, LLC, GA, Resource Energy, Retina Associates of Cleveland, OH, Rezayat Group, Rhode Island Airport Corporation, Ridewill SRL, Ridgefield, Rite Track, RiteCheck, Ritenour School District, Robinsons Malls, Rockerbox, rocket.chat, Rockrose Development, Rocky Mountain Oncology Care, WY, Rollex, 84,000 Roundcube Servers, Rosewood Farm, Royal Enfield, RS Polri Kramat Jati, RTE, Ruckus Networks, RUKU Tore-Turen, Rural Health Services, SC, S&H Express, SaaStr via Replit AI (this is funny), Sabine County Hospital, TX, Sacred Heart School, SAFE CREDIT UNION, Saint Paul, MN, Salamander Resort & Spa, Salesforce OmniStudio, Salvation Army, Samsung MaginINFO 9 Server, San Diego police, CA, Sanderling Healthcare, Sant Parmanand Hospital, India, SAP NetWeaver, SatuSehat Kotim Kabupaten, Saudi Games, Scania, Sedgebrook, Self Regional Healthcare, SC, Sensata Technologies, Seppeler Gruppe, Sermo, ServiceNow, ServiceStack, Servoescolar, Seychelles Commercial Bank, SGI Seoul Guarantee, Sharp HealthCare, Siemens SINEC NMS, Siemens TeleControl Server, Silverdale BC, SilverLake Axis, Simple Web Server, Singapore Police Force, SinoTrack GPS devices, Sitecore CMS, SK Telecom, Skin Care Specialty Physicians, MD, Skirball Cultural Center, Skoda, Skyline Dubuque, Skype, Société Générale, Sogedis, SolarWinds Agent, SolarWinds Serv-U FTP Service, SolarWinds TFTP, SolarWinds Web Help Desk, Solix, SonicWall SMA 100, SonicWall SSL VPNs, Sony WM-1000XM5, Sony XAV-AX8500, Sophos Firewall, South African Broadcasting Corporation, South Ayrshire Council, South Coast Pediatrics, South Georgia Center for Cancer Care, LLC, GA, Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC, Southern Connecticut Vascular Center, CT, Southern Immediate Care, Southern Tire Mart, Southwest CARE Center, Southwest Florida Dermatology, Southwest Urology, OH, Southwood Financial, Spanish Politicians, SPANN Roofing & Sheet Metal, Spartanburg County, SC, Specialty Components, State of California, Department of Child Support Services, Steadfast Companies, Stihl Shop New Zealand, Stratascorp Technologies, Studio C, Studio Verna Società Professionale, SubsCorp, Sunrise Springs Spa Resort, Superior Court of Justice of North Lima, Surmodics, MN, Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, KS, Sweeney Design, Swissquote, Switzerland, Synergy Radiation Oncology Medical Group, SysAid IT service management (ITSM), T2 Group, TABB Inc, Taiwan Digital Streaming, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, FL, Tan Chong Motor Holdings, Tappoo Group, Tara Pac, TCI Doors, Tea App (twice), Team Signal, TeamViewer, TeaOnHer, Tech Mahindra, Tech Trivial, Tecore, Telcom Insurance Group, Telecall, Telefónica, TeleMessage, Tenacious Marketing, Terillium, Tesla PowerWall Connector, TETRA, Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates, Texas Department of Transportation, Texture Finance, The Colgin Companies, The Lowell Hotel New York, The Magni Group, The Mindfuel Foundation, The Morton Forum, The Providence Warwick Convention, The Scharine Group, Thern, Think Big Health Care Solutions, Think Tax Solutions Inc, Thomas Bennett & Hunter, Tiger Communications, TikTok LIVE, TIMEC Oil & Gas, Inc, Tiscali SPA, Titan Trailers, TO Brasil, TOMEI GROUP, Tooling Systems Group, Toptal’s GitHub, Towne Mortgage, TRAC Intermodal, Trans-Tex, Travancore Analytics, Trend Micro Apex Central, Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Cleaner One Pro, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, Trend Micro Maximum Security, Trend Micro Password Manager, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security, Trezor, TRG, LLC, OR, TruCSR, Trumpet of Patriots, TSAI Capital, Tuna Processors Phillipines, Turbo FTP Server, Twaweza, Tyree Oil, UAE Equestrian Federation, Ualabee, Ubiquiti Networks AI Bullet, Ubiquiti Networks UniFi, Ubon Ratchathani University, UBS, UK Afghan migration data, UK special forces, Ulster County, Unigame, Union Home Mortgage, United Australia Party, UnitedHealth Group (again), Universidad Mayor, University of California, Berkeley, University of Puerto Rico, University of Western Australia, University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, Upper Dublin Family Dentistry, Upstart Power, Urology Associates of Charleston, SC, US Army National Guard, US Bank, US Court filing system, US FBI, US Judiciary, US National Nuclear Security Administration, US train braking safety system, Vacron Camera, Vail Summit Orthopaedics, CO, Valley Mountain Regional Center, CA, Vantage Finance, Vector Security, Veeam Agent, Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, Venice Film Festival, Venice Hotel Ca’ dei Conti, Vero Foods, Vertel, Vest Tube, LLC, Viasat, Victoria Garden, View Zuellig Industrial, Vino Farms, LLC, VirtualMacOSX, Virtualweb Technologies, Vistra Group, Vitec, VM Racing, Vodafone Egypt, Volkswagen, Volvo, VS Associates, Vynopsis, Walmart, Warisan TC Holdings, Warwick Student Union, Washington Post, Watchfinder & Co, Watermark Marine Systems, Wazuh, 269,000 websites (JSFireTruck), Wedlich, Wegley, Higginbotham & Associates, Weizmann Institute, West Java Provincial Government, West Texas Oral Facial Surgery, TX, Western Australia Firearm Portal, Western Montana Clinic PC, MT, Western Montana Mental Health Center, MT, WestJet, WH Rogers Sheet Metal, Whim Hospitality, White Coffee Corp, White Horse Packaging, Whittaker & Company, Wilson Appliance, Wilsonville Toyota-Scion, Windows CAB parsing, Windows Hello, Windows SmartScreen, Windows ZIP parsing, Windsor Door, WineLab, Wing FTP Server, Winkler County Hospital District, TX, WinRAR, WiredBucks, Wispone, WL Foods, WOO X, Wood River Health, RI, Wood, Patel & Associates, Woodtect, WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin, WordPress Alone theme, WordPress Asset-Manager plugin, WordPress Brave Conversion Engine plugin, WordPress bSecure plugin, WordPress Ebook Store plugin, WordPress Forminator plugin, WordPress FoxyPress plugin, WordPress GiveWP plugin, WordPress Gravity Forms plugin, WordPress HT Contact Form plugin, WordPress LoginPress Pro plugin, WordPress Melapress Login Security plugin, WordPress Motors theme, WordPress ONLYOFFICE Docs plugin, WordPress PayU plugin, WordPress Platform theme, WordPress Post SMTP plugin, WordPress Support Board plugin, WordPress Website Contact Form With File Upload plugin,WordPress Woocommerce plugin, WordPress WP Database Backup plugin, WordPress WP-Property plugin, WordPress WPBookit plugin, WOW Pictures, WV PCA, WWBN AVideo, Xerox FreeFlow Core, Xerox printers, XSS.is, Yapi Teknik Proje, Yes24 (twice), Yinon Magal, Young Consulting LLC, Your Building Centers, Zinli, Zoomcar Holdings,  and Zumpano Patricios, FL have reported hacking or compromises this month.

Apple iCloud, Cloudflare, Google Cloud, Microsoft 365 admin center, National Bank of Canada, Spectrum, Starlink, Truth Social, and X (formerly Twitter), twice, have suffered from outages this month.

Internet access throughout Angola, Egypt, Gaza, Iran (repeatedly), Iraq, Kamchatka, Russia, Kenya, Maldives, Panama, Sudan, Togo, Ukraine, and Yemen have been blocked or down for days, but not in Israel.

Last months updates broke DHCP on Windows Server, Exchange Online, Google Chrome (via Microsoft Family Safety), Microsoft Print to PDF, Nobitex, Outlook, Surface Hub v1, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS),  and Windows when Easy Anti-Cheat was installed.

Intel is killing off Clear Linux OS. AOL is killing off it’s dial-up Internet service. It’s really no surprise considering phone lines don’t even exist anymore. Microsoft is killing off the Movies & TV storefront – once the apple in the eye of their online media strategy for Windows. Smarthome company goes bankrupt, new owner ransoms everyone’s house: $5000 bounty to crack firmware! Skype is dead (and hacked), there’s better options.

Ads are so much more evil than you realize. Win11 nagware is already installed on many win10 computers. The state of California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn. Hidden in-chip operating systems can’t be tracked, controlled or managed – or secured.

Perplexity AI ignores website requests to not scrape them.

Apple hit with a new antitrust lawsuit by Proton over iOS monopoly

In article exposing the evils of allowing AI to access your private data, the author shows you how an “evil” AI can access your Google account data (used to feed Google’s AI), and probably wrote his draft in Microsoft Word (feeding his data to Microsoft’s AI), to publish his article on the public Internet (feeding every other AI). While I agree with the premise – don’t feed the beast – it’s such a tiny ridiculous example of how data is sucked up by third parties that use it for their own purposes. The world we live in never ceases to amaze.

Now for the good news:

Sometimes, persistence pays off.

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is enormous this month. The typical computer should see roughly 6.5 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released 57 updates to address 119 vulnerabilities in Azure File Sync, Azure OpenAI, Azure Portal, Azure Stack, Azure Virtual Machines, Desktop Windows Manager, GitHub Copilot, Graphics Kernel, Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver, Kernel Transaction Manager, Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Business Chat, Microsoft Brokering File System, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Microsoft Edge for Android, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Office Visio, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Teams, Remote Access Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) EAP-TLS, Remote Desktop Server, SQL Server, Storage Port Driver, Visual Studio, Web Deploy, Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock, Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver, Windows Connected Devices Platform Service, Windows DirectX, Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Windows File Explorer, Windows GDI+, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Installer, Windows Kerberos, Windows Kernel, Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS), Windows Media, Windows Message Queuing, Windows NT OS Kernel, Windows NTFS, Windows NTLM, Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc, Windows Push Notifications, Windows Remote Desktop Services, Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), Windows Security App, Windows SMB, Windows StateRepository API, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Win32K – GRFX, Windows Win32K – ICOMP,
and MSRT. This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Oracle released 238 security updates this quarter to address 309 vulnerabilities in 111 products.

Apple released updates for iOS 18.6, iPadOS 17.7.9, iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7, Safari 18.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, and watchOS 11.6. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install the most current versions.

iOS 18.6 is a security update. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 18.6 and 17.7.9 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

watchOS 11.6 is a security update. Use the Watch app on your iPhone to install the most current version.

tvOS 18.6 are security updates. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

visionOS 2.6 are security updates. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google ChromeOS 138.0.7204.232 and ChromeOS LTS 138.0.7204.221 are security updates. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Don’t forget to check your mobile devices, too! Many updates will also apply to your tablet, phone, kindle or television – so check your device-appropriate App Store and install updates.

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.

The release of macOS Sequoia (15.x) means that macOS Monterey (12.x) and older are no longer supported. If you can not install at least macOS Ventura (13) on your Mac then you should immediately remove your device from the Internet and use it offline only. It will no longer receive patches or updates and can now no longer be secured.

The now-current — and final — release of the Windows 10 (v22H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. All non-LTS versions of Windows 10 other than v22H2 are now out of support, upgrade to v22H2 now. If you aren’t sure whether you are using LTS, you aren’t. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

The now-current release of the Windows 11 (v24H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. Windows 11 pushes you to get the latest Windows 11 release every 12 months and only supports any consumer builds for 24 months. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

Windows 11 is now stable and can be upgraded to if your hardware supports it. If not, switch to Linux (Mint is nice) or replace your computer.

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 or use, reducing the attack surface. This includes “free” applications like Avast, OpenOffice, and games you do not actually play.

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 a SaferPC Subscription and we will install updates each month whenever necessary. Click, call or email for more details:
https://saferpc.info/updates/
209-565-12PD
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Driver Updates

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

AMD Adrenalin 25.8.1 is a security update.
https://www.amd.com/en/support

Display Driver Uninstaller 18.1.3.0 improves cleanup. This is not a security update.
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=5

Logitech Options 10.26.12 changes function key shortcuts and on screen display behavior. This is not a security update.
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/options

TP-Link Archer AX55 v1 241211 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax55/v1/#Firmware

UniFi airMAX NanoStation 5AC Loco 8.7.19 is a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/software/loco5ac

UniFi Network Server 9.3.45 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/releases/network-server

VIISAN OfficeCam 7.2.11 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.viisan.com/en/download/type1.html

Browser Updates

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

Brave 1.81.131 is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Google Chrome 139.0.7258.127 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Microsoft Edge 139.0.3405.86 is a security update.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business/download

Firefox 141.0.3 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Vivaldi 7.5.3735.58 is a security update.
https://vivaldi.com/

Email Updates

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

Mailspring 1.16.0 adds autoconfiguration and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://getmailspring.com/

Spark 3.24.7.113690 improves integration and composer, resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 141.0.0 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Internet Updates

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

AnyDesk 9.5.11 resolves a bunch of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

curl 8.15.0 resolves over a dozen bugs and removes older protocol support. This is not a security update.
https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

Discord August 4, 2025 improves search and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://discord.com/download

Dropbox 230.4.8797 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

FileZilla Client 3.69.3 is a security update.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FileZilla Server 1.10.5 is a security update.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FreeFileSync 14.4 updates libraries. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

Google Drive 112.0 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

MeshCentral 1.1.48 is a security update.
https://meshcentral.com/info/downloads.html

Microsoft Teams 1.8.00.21151 improves notification controls, adds custom dictionary support, and enables attribution by default. This is not a security update.
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

Nextcloud Server 31.0.7 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Npcap 1.83 is a security update.
https://nmap.org/npcap/

OneDrive 25.130.0706.0004 improves reliability and performance. This is not a security update.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive

Pocketnet-Core 0.22.18 improves logging and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

Rclone 1.70.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://rclone.org/

Signal 7.65.0 improves emoji access. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/windows/

Signal (Android) 7.51.2 improves performance. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Syncthing 2.0.0 is a major update. This version switches the backend to SQLite, improves logging, adds Docker support, and resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://syncthing.net/

Telegram 6.0.2 improves stability, public searc, gifting and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://telegram.org/

WinSCP 6.5.3 is a security update.
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Zoom 6.5.9.11873 is a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

3tene 4.0.19 updates libraries. This is a security update.
https://en.3tene.com/

Bitwig Studio 5.3.12 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.bitwig.com/download/

darktable 5.2.1 resolves almost a dozen bugs, improves stability and compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.darktable.org/

Plex Home Theater 1.71.1.346 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Media Server 1.42.1.10060 is a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-media-server

Wave Cast 1.0.1 improves layout and device selection. This is not a security update.
https://marketplace.elgato.com/product/wave-cast-2c92e60c-8508-4d5c-8b5f-8d02029b881c

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Minecraft Server (Bedrock) 1.21.100.7 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock

Minecraft Server (Java) 1.21.8 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

Nintendo Switch 20.3.0 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22525/kw/system%20updates/p/989

PS5 2025.722 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/

Office Updates

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

Adobe Animate 23.0.13 and 24.0.10 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-73.html

Adobe Commerce 2.4.4-p15, 2.4.5-p14, 2.4.6-p12, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.8-p2, and 2.4.9-alpha2 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-71.html

Adobe Commerce B2B 1.3.3-p15, 1.3.4-p14, 1.4.2-p7, 1.5.2-p2, and 1.5.3-alpha2 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-71.html

Adobe Dimension 4.1.4 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dimension/apsb25-84.html

Adobe FrameMaker 2020.9 and 2022.7 and security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb25-83.html

Adobe Illustrator 28.7.9 and 29.7 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb25-74.html

Adobe InCopy 19.5.5 and 20.5 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb25-80.html

Adobe InDesign ID19.5.5 and ID20.5 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb25-79.html

Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4 and 26.9 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb25-75.html

Adobe Reader DC 25.001.20623 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://get.adobe.com/reader

Adobe Substance 3D Modeler 1.22.2 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-modeler/apsb25-76.html

Adobe Substance 3D Painter 11.0.3 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb25-77.html

Adobe Substance 3D Sampler 5.1.0 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-sampler/apsb25-78.html

Adobe Substance 3D Stager 3.1.4 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_stager/apsb25-81.html

Adobe Substance 3D Viewer 0.25.1 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-viewer/apsb25-72.html

Audacity 3.7.5 adds partial ARM support, updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

Calibre 8.8.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

Krita 5.2.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://krita.org/en/download/

LibreOffice 25.2.5 resolves over 60 bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Magento Open Source 2.4.5-p14, 2.4.6-p12, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.8-p2, and 2.4.9-alpha2 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-71.html

Manager 25.8.3.2541 doesn’t provide a current change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.manager.io/

Notepad++ 8.8.5 has changed their publishing practice to sign their binaries using a self-signed certificate along with a new certificate authority they are encouraging users to install. This is a security update – not just to publish using their own certificate – but to resolve two separate security issues. Again, this is a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Paint.net 5.1.9 adds translations and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.getpaint.net/

PDF-XChange Editor 10.6.1.397 is a security update.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

Operating System Updates

These are for specific Linux flavors and alternative operating systems and, sadly, are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

ChromeOS 137.0.7151.137 and ChromeOS 138.0.7204.178 are security updates.
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable%20updates+ChromeOS

iOS 18.6 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

iPadOS 18.6 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

macOS 15.6 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201541

Tails 6.18 is a security update.
https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html

tvOS 18.6 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT202716

watchOS 11.6 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204641

Security Software Updates

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

.NET Runtime 9.0.8 is a security update.
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

Java 8u461 is a security update.
https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

DNSQuerySniffer 1.97 adds a button to clear all current items. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dns_query_sniffer.html

Hashcat 7.0.0 is a major update, adding several new hash modes and constructs, as well as Docker support, end-point improvements, hardware support, resolves dozens of bugs, and more. This is a massive feature upgrade. This is a security update.
http://hashcat.net/hashcat/#downloadlatest

HTTP Toolkit 1.22.0 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://httptoolkit.tech/

KeePass 2.59 improves performance and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://keepass.info/

OpenSSL 3.5.2 is a security update.
https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html

ProtonVPN 4.2.1 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/win-app/releases/latest

RogueKiller 16.2.4 resolves a couple bugs and improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/

Stinger 13.0.0.429 adds new detections. This is not a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

uBlock Origin 1.65.0 resolves a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/latest

Capture Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Greenshot 1.3.296 introduces user/system installation options. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot/releases/latest

Open Broadcaster Software 31.1.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://obsproject.com/

SnagIt 25.3.0 improves step capture, Camtasia integration, and resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

DVDFab 13.0.4.6 adds support for new encodings and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

HandBrake 1.10.0 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://handbrake.fr/

StreamFab 6.2.4.8 improves parsing and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 3.0.2.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/unifab.htm

Education updates

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

Zotero 7.0.22 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.zotero.org/

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

1Password for Mac 8.11.4 improves localization, notifications, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/

7-Zip 25.01 is a security update.
https://www.7-zip.org/

7-Zip cmd 25.01 is a security update.
https://www.7-zip.org/

AOMEI Partition Assistant 10.8.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskpart.com/

Beyond Compare 5.1.2.31185 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.scootersoftware.com/download

Bitwarden 2025.7.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

CCleaner 6.38.11537 improves chromium cleaning. This is not a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

Cygwin 3.6.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://cygwin.com/

DesktopOK 11.94 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

dnGrep 4.5.55.0 updates libraries. This is not a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

Etcher 2.1.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Everything Toolbar 2.0.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar/

FoneTool 3.1.0 improves parsing and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fonetool.com/download.html

GoodSync 12.9.5 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

grepWin 2.1.11 resolves a replacement bug. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin/releases/latest

Homedale 2.20 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.the-sz.com/products/homedale/

HWiNFO 8.30 adds support for new hardware and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

IsMyHdOK 4.24 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/IsMyHdOK

MobileFileSearch 1.50 adds encoding support. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mobile_device_file_search.html

MPAM 1.435.61.0 updates definitions. This is not a security update.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/defenderupdates

NTLite 2025.08.10552 improves component controls and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

OSForensics 11.1.1010 is a security update.
https://www.osforensics.com/download.html

osquery 5.18.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://osquery.io/downloads

PSAppDeploy 4.1.0 is a major update introducing SYSTEM deployment options, dozens of new and improved functions and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

RoboForm 9.7.9 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.roboform.com/

SearchMyFiles 3.35 adds encoding support and a command-line option to select specific columns. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html

TraceRouteOK 3.49 improves testing and updates language support. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/TraceRouteOK

WinGet 1.11.430 removes 32-bit ARM support, adds DSCv3 support, and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest

WinRAR 7.13 is a security update.
https://www.rarlab.com/

WinScan2PDF 9.39 improves testing and updates language support. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Android Studio 2025.1.2.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

cx_Freeze 8.4 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

GDevelop 5.5.238 adds AI side panel and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

GitHub Desktop 3.5.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://desktop.github.com/

Go 1.24.6 is a security update.
https://go.dev/

Inno Setup 6.5.0 adds commercial licensing, dozens of new features, including improved encryption and compression and signature verification. This is a security update.
https://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php

Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable 14.44.35211.0 is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist

Node.js 20.19.4 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 22.18.0 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 24.5.0 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Python 3.13.6 is a security update.
https://www.python.org/downloads/

SQLite 3.50.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

Visual Studio Code 1.103 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

WinMerge 2.16.50 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://winmerge.org/

Virtual Machine Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

VirtualBox 7.1.12 is a security update.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Web Package Updates

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

Coppermine Gallery 1.6.27 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://coppermine-gallery.net/

HumHub 1.17.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.humhub.com/en

MAC Vendors 25-08-12 updates definitions. This is not a security update.
https://maclookup.app/

Piwigo 15.6.0 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://piwigo.org/

YOURLS 1.10.2 changes container port defaults and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://yourls.org/

WordPress 6.8.2 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/

Antispam Bee 2.11.8 improves documentation. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/antispam-bee/

Contact Form 7 6.1.1 is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Duplicator 1.5.13.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator

Postie 1.9.70 improves draft support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postie/

Sucuri Security 2.3 provides several cosmetic improvements. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sucuri-scanner/

WP Add Custom CSS 1.2.0 improves performance. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-add-custom-css/

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

Regards,

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

Updates 2025-04-08

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Happy Easter, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for April, 2025.

It’s as safe as it’s going to be to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 or macOS 15/Sequoia.

If your Windows 10 (or older) computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11, or if you used a registry or installation bypass to install an older version of Windows 11 on it that is no longer supported, then it’s time for you to start looking for a replacement computer. Actually, the time was 3 months ago. Pickin’s are thin right now. 🙁

There were 320+ major hacks, and over 360 application updates this month. It’s a relatively small month, with about 2.5 GB of updates for most users.

This Month in Technology

13cabs, 9,300 WordPress websites (ClearFake), 150,000 WordPress websites (DollyWay), 70mai A510, Abracadabra, Access TeleCare, Adobe Acrobat Reader, ALN Medical Management, Amazon AWS CloudFormation, AMI MegaRAC, an Asian telecom, Android, Apache Parquet, Apache Pinot, Apache Tomcat, APIsec, Apple macOS, Apple Passwords app, Apple WebKit, Arista NG Firewall, Around the Clock Companies, Arts Council England, Ascoma Group, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Astral Foods, Atlantis Operating LLC, Atlas CPAs & Advisors, Atutech, AustralianSuper, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Navisworks, Autodesk Payapps, Baidu, Bank of China, Barebox, Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital, Bdrive NetDrive, BDSM People, Beacon Health System, BEC Technologies Routers, Bigfork Valley Hospital, Blue Shield of California, Boulanger, Brave browser, Brish, Brocade Fibre Channel switches, BTS member Jungkook, Buckinghamshire Council, Bybit, California Cryobank, Canon printers, Capilano University (CapU), Cardiff City Council Department of Children’s Services, Cargills Bank, CarlinKit CPC200-CCPA, CDHA Management, Center for Digestive Health, CHC Solutions, Inc, Check Point, Check Point ZoneAlarm, Cherokee County School District, Chica, Choco Tei Camera, Chord Specialty Dental Partners, Chrome, Cisco IOS XR, Cisco Smart Licensing Utility, City of Lubbock, Ciuni & Panichi, Clinic’s Patient Management System, Cloudflare WAF, Columbia Eye Clinic, Compumedics, Concord Orthopaedics, Costa Rican President’s YouTube, Cottrill’s Pharmacy, Crossroads Trading Co, CrushFTP, CSG Consultants, D&S Insurance Agency, Dameron Hospital, DBS Signapore, Dell Unity, Dignity Health Lassen Medical Clinic, Dove Healthcare, DrayTek routers, Drugs.com, Dutch Public Prosecution Service, Edimax Cameras, El Camino Real Academy, Eprice, Erickson Companies, ESET security, ESHYFT, Europcar Mobility Group, Everest ransomware gang, Exim, Facebook FreeType 2, FacePass, Fidelity Life, First City Credit Union, Food For The Poor, Fortinet FortiWeb, French Department of Education, Gay Daddy, Georgia Urology, German Doner Kebab, Gilead Sciences, GIMP, GitLab Community Edition, GitLab Enterprise Edition, Google Quick Share, Grede Holdings, Growatt, GRUB2, Guardian Life Insurance, Hamilton County, Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre, Harcourts Prime Properties, Health NZ, HealthEquity, Hellenic Open University, HHH Acquisition, LLC, Highline Public Schools, Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Hokkaido Jalan, Houston Housing Authority, Houston Surgery Center, HTW Dresden, Hydro-Vacuum SA, ImagineX, Infosys McCamish Systems, Insignia, IOU Financial, Iraqi Council of Ministers, Iraqi Ministry of Finance, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Company, Ivanti Connect Secure, Jaguar Land Rover, Jira, Junos OS, Karl Malone Auto Group, Keeco Home, Klickitat Valley Health, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, Kuala Lumpur Airport, Kubernetes Ingress Nginx Controller, LA Financial Federal Credit Union, Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local 1184, Lafayette Federal Credit Union, Lake Psychological Services, Lake Washington Vascular, Lee University, Legacy Professionals LLP, Lena Pope Home Inc, LensDeal, Lexipol, Life University, LiUNA, Lloyds Bank, Lukoil, Luxion KeyShot, Lyon Living, Lyon Management Group, M.A.D Mobile, Madison County, Mississippi, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Mark Thomas, Medway Community Healthcare, Meigs County Emergency Medical Services, MercadoLibre, Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital, Merkur, Microsoft Exchange Online and M365, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft’s Trusted Signing platform, Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code Marketplace, Millennium Home Health Care, Mirror Mirror Beauty Boutique, Mission Bell Mfg, Mission, Texas, Monro, Inc, Morton Golf LLC, mySCADA myPRO, NAKIVO Backup & Replication, National Defense Corporation, National Iranian Tanker Company, NetApp SnapCenter, Nevro, New Era Life Insurance Companies, New South Wales Court Registry, New York University (NYU), NewAgeSys, NexOpt, Next.js, NI FlexLogger, NI Vision Builder AI, Nice Healthcare, Northern Ireland Commission, Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, NTT, Numotion, NVIDIA Riva, OBI Seafoods, Oracle Cloud (from 2017!), Oracle Health, OrthoMinds, Pacific Residential Mortgage, Palmetto Subacute Care Center, Palo Alto Deep Packet Inspection, PAR Rehab, Parascript, Parcel Plus, PDF-XChange Editor, Pennsylvania State Education Association, pgAdmin, Pinehurst Radiology Consultants, Pineland Community Service Board, Pink, Port of Seattle, Presbyterian Health Plan, Progress Software Kemp LoadMaster, PTS News, Rakuten Securities, RansomHub, Red Lion Borough, PA, Rinehart Dentistry, Riverdale Joint Unified School District, Rodl Management, Royal Mail, SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, Sam’s Club, Samsung Germany, Sentara Health, Shopify Collabs, Shopify Pitchfork, Siegel Group, Siemens Simcenter, SimonMed, SIR.trading, SMA, Smart ERP Solutions, SoloPoint Solutions, Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, Spark DSO, SpotBugs, SpyX, St. Joseph’s College of Maine, State Bar of Texas, State of California, Department of Child Support Services, STE Group, STMicroelectronics X-CUBE, Stram Center for Integrative Medicine, StreamElements, Sungrow, Sydney Tools, Tata AIG, Tata Technologies, Tesla, TFE hotels group, Thailand Post, The Junction Casino Hotel, The Pension Specialist, Three Rivers Hospital, Toppan Next Tech, Topy America Inc, Tor Browser, Translove, Trend Micro Cleaner One, Trinity Petroleum Management, Troy Hunt’s Mailchimp List, Twilio SendGrid, Twitter (X), U-Boot, UAE Water & Electric Power, Ubuntu Linux, Ukrzaliznytsia, Ulrich Investment Consultants, Union County, United Domestic Workers of America, United Faith Ministries, United Seating and Mobility, Unitree Go1 robot dogs, University Diagnostic Medical Imaging, University of Notre Dame Fremantle, Urban Dictionary, Verizon Call Filter, VF Outdoor, Virginia Attorney General’s Office, Vista Point Mortgage, Vitenas Cosmetic Surgery, VMware Tools for Windows, Vroom, Watcher Guru, Welts, White, & Fontaine, WEMIX, Wesizwe, Western Alliance Bank, Western Wayne Family Physicians, WhatsApp, Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics, WideOpenWest, William F Rinehart DMD PA, Windows, Windows Kernel, WinRAR, WK Kellogg Co, Woori Card, Word & Brown Insurance Administrators, WordPress Simple WP Events plugin, WordPress WooCommerce plugin, WordPress WP Ghost plugin, WordPress WP RealEstate plugin, WordPress WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin, X.Org Server, Xen HVM, YAP Health Services, Yucatán Government, ushin America, zkLend hacker (lol), and Zoth Protocol have reported hacking or compromises this month.

ChatGPT, Cloudflare R2, DrayTek routers, Microsoft Exchange Online, Moscow Metro, and Naval Station Norfolk have suffered from outages this month.

Last months updates broke Microsoft Snipping Tool, Remote Desktop, security services including SenseShield on Windows 11 24H2, the ability to return to Outlook “Classic”, USB printers, Veeam recovery, and VMware Workstation updates.

23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, but not before they created plans to sell off all your DNA details.

Apple broke their N+2 trend and released security updates for much older devices to address critical vulnerabilities.

DoH (DNS over HTTPS) is being used to hijack mail accounts with extremely well-targeted phishing pages. How effective are phishing websites? Effective enough to get even the creator of Have I Beep Pwned to fall for it.

Microsoft has changed their mind on disabling WSUS driver sync. Microsoft is testing a new “quick machine recovery” platform to recover from buggy driver updates preventing the operating system from booting. Microsoft is removing the BypassNRO script from Windows 11 installers, but the underlying registry settings will still be available (for now).

Now for the good news:

Linux is making headway – more than 2% of devices running Steam are now actively using Linux.

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is relatively small this month. The typical computer should see roughly 2.5 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released 78 updates to address 128 vulnerabilities in Active Directory Certificate Services, Active Directory Domain Services, ASP.NET Core, Azure Local, Azure Local Cluster, Azure Portal Windows Admin Center, DirectX Graphics Kernel, HTTP.sys, Kerberos Key Distribution Proxy, Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU), Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Edge for iOS, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office OneNote, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Streaming Service, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Virtual Hard Drive, Microsoft Word, OpenSSH for Windows, Outlook for Android, Remote Desktop Client, Remote Desktop Gateway Service, RPC Endpoint Mapper Service, Servicing Stack Updates, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Tools, Windows Active Directory Certificate Services, Windows BitLocker, Windows Bluetooth Service, Windows Common Log File System Driver, Windows Cryptographic Services, Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), Windows Digital Media, Windows Hello, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Installer, Windows Kerberos, Windows Kernel, Windows Kernel Memory, Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers, Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Windows Local Security Authority (LSA), Windows Local Session Manager (LSM), Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW), Windows Media, Windows Mobile Broadband, Windows NTFS, Windows Power Dependency Coordinator, Windows Process Activation, Windows Remote Desktop Services, Windows Resilient File System (ReFS), Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), Windows Secure Channel, Windows Security Zone Mapping, Windows Shell, Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows TCP/IP, Windows Telephony Service, Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host, Windows Update Stack, Windows upnphost.dll, Windows USB Print Driver, Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave, Windows Win32K – GRFX, and MSRT. This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Apple released updates for iOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.4, iPadOS 15.8.4, iPadOS 16.7.11, iPadOS 17.7.6, iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, Safari 18.4, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4, and Xcode 16.3. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install the most current versions.

iOS 15.8.4, 16.7.11, and 18.4 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 15.8.4, 16.7.11, 17.7.6, and 18.4 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

watchOS 11.4 is a security update. Use the Watch app on your iPhone to install the most current version.

tvOS 18.4 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

visionOS 2.4 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google ChromeOS 134.0.6998.183 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Don’t forget to check your mobile devices, too! Many updates will also apply to your tablet, phone, kindle or television – so check your device-appropriate App Store and install updates.

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.

The release of macOS Sequoia (15.x) means that macOS Monterey (12.x) and older are no longer supported. If you can not install at least macOS Ventura (13) on your Mac then you should immediately remove your device from the Internet and use it offline only. It will no longer receive patches or updates and can now no longer be secured.

The now-current — and final — release of the Windows 10 (v22H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. All non-LTS versions of Windows 10 other than v22H2 are now out of support, upgrade to v22H2 now. If you aren’t sure whether you are using LTS, you aren’t. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

The now-current release of the Windows 11 (v24H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. Windows 11 pushes you to get the latest Windows 11 release every 12 months and only supports any consumer builds for 24 months. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

Windows 11 is now stable and can be upgraded to if your hardware supports it. If not, switch to Linux (Mint is nice) or replace your computer.

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 or use, reducing the attack surface. This includes “free” applications like Avast, OpenOffice, and games you do not actually play.

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 a SaferPC Subscription and we will install updates 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.

GoXLR Utility 1.2.0 resolves several bugs and improves firmware update. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/GoXLR-on-Linux/goxlr-utility/

Logitech Options 10.24.3 improves compatibility with Microsoft Office. This is not a security update.
https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025297893

TP-Link Archer AX73 v2.0 250210 is a security update.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax73/v2.0/#Firmware

Browser Updates

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

Brave 1.77.95 is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Firefox 137.0.1 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Firefox ESR 128.9.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Google Chrome 135.0.7049.52 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Vivaldi 7.3.3635.7 is a security update.
https://vivaldi.com/

Email Updates

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

Spark 3.22.6.104601 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Spark (macOS) 3.22.6.104600 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 137.0.1 is a security update.
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Internet Updates

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

AnyDesk 9.5.0 resolves more than a dozen bugs and improves multiple monitor support and AnyDeskOne compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

AnyDesk (macOS) 9.0.1 is a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

BrowsingHistoryView 2.60 adds black background support. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/browsing_history_view.html

curl 8.13.0 improves debugging and resolves nearly 300 bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

Discord April 3, 2025 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://discord.com/download

Dropbox 221.4.5365 resolves a cosmetic bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

FileZilla Server 1.10.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FreeFileSync 14.3 adds IDN support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

Google Drive 106.0 now officially supports ARM64 on Windows. This is not a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

Grocy Desktop 2.14.0 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/grocy/grocy-desktop

MeshCentral 1.1.43 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://meshcentral.com/info/downloads.html

Microsoft Teams 1.8.00.6262 adds one-time passcode authentication, Storyline integration, chat controls and increases attendees to a max of 50,000 for Premium. This is not a security update.
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

Nextcloud Server 31.0.2 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Pocketnet-Core 0.22.14  resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

Pocketnet-GUI 0.9.116 is a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

Signal 7.49.0 now synchronizes recent activity to new devices. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/windows/

Signal (Android) 7.38.7 now synchronizes recent activity to new devices. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Syncthing 1.29.4 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://syncthing.net/

Technitium DNS Server 13.5  resolves several bugs and implements new features. This is not a security update.
https://technitium.com/dns/

Telegram 5.13.1 resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://telegram.org/

WinSCP 6.5 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Zoom 6.4.3.63669 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update. The recent 6.4 update adds dozens of new features and a new user interface – it is also a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

3tene 4.0.16 adds several new 3D environments. This is not a security update.
https://en.3tene.com/

Grayjay 291 adds search and sorting to playlists, improves filters and search, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://grayjay.app/index.html

iTunes 12.13.7.1 improves compatibility. This is a security update.
https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Minecraft Server (Bedrock) 1.21.72.01 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock

Minecraft Server (Java) 1.21.5 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

PS5 2025.314 improves compatibility and parental controls. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/

Steam 2025.04.01 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110

SteamOS SteamDeck Update 2025.03.31 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/

Office Updates

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

Adobe AEM Forms 6.5.22.0 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-27.html

Adobe AEM Screens 6.5 FP11.4 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-screens/apsb25-32.html

Adobe After Effects 24.6.5 and 25.2 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb25-23.html

Adobe Animate 23.0.11 and 24.0.8 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-31.html

Adobe Bridge 14.1.6 and 15.0.3 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb25-25.html

Adobe ColdFusion 2025.1, 2023.13 and 2021.19 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb25-15.html

Adobe Commerce B2B 1.5.2, 1.4.2-p5, 1.3.5-p10, 1.3.4-p12, and 1.3.3-p13 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-26.html

Adobe Commerce 2.4.8, 2.4.7-p5, 2.4.6-p10, 2.4.5-p12, and 2.4.4-p13 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-26.html

Adobe FrameMaker 2020.8 and 2022.6 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb25-33.html

Adobe Magento Open Source 2.4.8, 2.4.7-p5, 2.4.6-p10, 2.4.5-p12, and 2.4.4-p13 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-26.html

Adobe Media Encoder 24.6.5 and 25.2 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb25-24.html

Adobe Photoshop 26.5 and 25.12.2 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb25-30.html

Adobe Premiere Pro 25.2 and 24.6.5 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb25-28.html

Adobe XMP Toolkit SDK 2025.03 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb25-34.html

Aronium 1.45.0.1 resolves a bug in the Z report. This is not a security update.
https://aronium.com/

Artweaver 7.0.18 is a security update.
https://www.artweaver.de/

Audacity 3.7.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

Calibre 8.2.1 improves compatibility and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

Ghostscript 10.05.0 adds several new syntax controls. This is a security update.
https://www.ghostscript.com/releases/gsdnld.html

GIMP 3.0 is a major update (the first in 7 years!) which adds huge strides in many features and improves compatibility and stability. GIMP 3.0.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.gimp.org/

GnuCash 5.11 resolves almost 20 bugs and improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.gnucash.org/

LibreOffice 24.8.6 resolves over 30 bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

LibreOffice Fresh 25.2.2 resolves over 80 bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Manager 25.4.3.2227 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.manager.io/

Nextcloud Desktop 3.16.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Notepad++ 8.7.9 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Paint.net 5.1.7 resolves a couple bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.getpaint.net/

Operating System Updates

These are for specific Linux flavors and alternative operating systems and, sadly, are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

ChromeOS 134.0.6998.183 is a security update.
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable%20updates+ChromeOS

iOS 18.4 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

iPadOS 18.4 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

macOS Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5 and Ventura 13.7.5 are security updates.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201541

Tails 6.14.1 is a security update.
https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html

tvOS 18.4 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT202716

watchOS 11.4 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204641

Zorin OS 17.3 is a huge compatibility update, adds improved alternative detections and suggestions, changes the default browser to Brave, and improves the Zorin Connect app to better function as an input device for the latest Zorin OS release. This should be treated as a security update.
https://zorin.com/os/mirrors/

Security Software Updates

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

Caine 14.0 improves UEFI support and updates kernel. This is a security update.
https://www.caine-live.net/

Chainsaw 2.12.2 is a housekeeping release. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/countercept/chainsaw

MalwareBytes Desktop Security 5.2.10.182 is a security update.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/

ProtonVPN 4.1.10 updates the user interface, adds a list of recent connections to quick access, and adds advanced profile settings such as port forwarding and autolaunch behaviors. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/win-app/releases/latest

RogueKiller 16.1.2 expands the monitoring capabilities and improves detection logic. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/

Stinger 13.0.0.342 adds support for new detections. This is not a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

SuperAntiSpyware 10.0.1274 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

uBlock Origin 1.63.2 resolves a major stability issue. This should be treated as a security update.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/latest

Velociraptor 0.74.1 improves the Sigma editor and adds new live event sources. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/Velocidex/velociraptor/releases/latest

Capture Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

ScreenToGif 2.41.2 adds AVIF support and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/releases/latest

SnagIt 25.1.0 updates libraries, improves step capture, smart redact, stability and performance, and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

DVDFab 13.0.3.8 adds support for new encodings and improves OCR detection for subtitles. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

MakeMKV 1.18.1 adds support for new encodings and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.makemkv.com/download/

StreamFab 6.2.2.8 improves compatibility, adds support for newer playlist and distribution formats, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 3.0.1.2 resolves several bugs and adds faster upscaling model. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/unifab.htm

Education updates

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

Zotero 7.0.15 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.zotero.org/

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

1Password 8.10.70 adds new internetional keyboard layout support. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/

AOMEI Partition Assistant 10.8.0 finally adds a built-in update mechanism, improves Windows-To-Go support, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskpart.com/

Bitcoin 28.1 adds new features, bug fixes and performance improvements. This is not a security update.
https://bitcoin.org/en/download

Bitwarden 2025.3.0 adds 2SL login support to the user interface and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

CCleaner 6.34.11482 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

CPU-Z Installer 2.15 adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Cygwin 3.6.0-1 adds several new APIs, improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://cygwin.com/

Dell Command Update 5.5 adds automatic driver downloads to the Advance Driver Restore operation. This is not a security update.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln311129/dell-command-update?lang=en

DesktopOK 11.71 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

DiskCheckup 3.6 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup/

dnGrep 4.4.9.0 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

email-oauth2-proxy 2025-03-14 resovles several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy

Eraser 6.2.0.2996 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://eraser.heidi.ie/download/

ESEDatabaseView 1.78 adds an optional black background. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ese_database_view.html

Everything Toolbar 1.5.2 improves compatibility and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar/

FoneTool 2.10.0 adds support to back up ringtones, improves System Repair and iTunes compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fonetool.com/download.html

GoodSync 12.8.7 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

HWiNFO 8.24 adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

ImageUSB 1.5.1007 resolves a hardware compatibility bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html

Kingston SSD Manager 1.5.4.9 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical/ssdmanager

ManageWirelessNetworks 1.16 adds option to save all items. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/manage_wireless_networks.html

NConvert 7.221 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.xnview.com/en/nconvert/

NTLite 2025.03.10351 improves new Windows UEFI build behavior and updates libraries. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

OSForensics 11.1.1004 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.osforensics.com/download.html

PowerToys 0.90.0 adds several new features and resolves a bunch of bugs. This is a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/latest

RoboForm 9.6.6 changes a couple behaviors and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.roboform.com/

ScreenConnect 25.2.3.9216 resolves several bugs and now imposes a hardcoded email limit in the name of security – which means that monitoring events using the email action will no longer be reliable.
https://screenconnect.connectwise.com/download

SSD Life 2.5.82 adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://ssd-life.com/eng/download-ssdlife.html

Starwind V2V Converter 9.626 improves conversions from Hyper-V to ESXi. This is not a security update.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

TeamViewer 15.64.3 adds several new management features and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.teamviewer.com/en-us/download/windows/

WakeMeOnLan 1.93 adds a black background option. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wake_on_lan.html

WinRAR 7.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.rarlab.com/

WinScan2PDF 9.31 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

WizFile 3.12 resolves a bug. This is not a security update.
https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Android Studio 2024.3.1.14 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

cx_Freeze 8.1 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

GameMaker Studio 2024.13.0.190 resolves over 500 bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker

GDevelop 5.5.228 resolves a couple cosmetic bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

Go 1.24.2 is a security update.
https://go.dev/

Godot 4.4.1 is a security update.
https://godotengine.org/

Inno Setup 6.4.2 adds a new setup directive. This is not a security update.
https://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php

Node.js 18.20.8 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 20.19.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 23.11.0 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Python 3.13.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

Visual Studio Code 1.99.1 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

Web Package Updates

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

Adminer 5.2.0 resolves several bugs and adds cosmetic improvements. Adminer has been under very active development the last couple months so expect many more future updates over time.
https://www.adminer.org/en/

Grocy 4.5.0 implements a new barcode reader and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/grocy/grocy

HumHub 1.17.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.humhub.com/en

Joomla 5.2.6 and 4.4.13 are security updates.
https://www.joomla.org/

MailEnable 9.88 and 10.52 are security updates.
https://www.mailenable.com/

OpenCart 4.1.0.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.opencart.com/

Piwigo 15.5.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://piwigo.org/

YOURLS 1.10.0 updates requirements, dependences and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://yourls.org/

BuddyPress 14.3.4 is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/

My Sticky Bar 2.7.8 improves user interface. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mystickymenu/

WordPress Importer 0.8.4 resolves a couple bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-importer/

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

Regards,

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

 

Updates 2025-03-11

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for March, 2025.

It’s as safe as it’s going to be to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 or macOS 15/Sequoia.

If your Windows 10 (or older) computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11, or if you used a registry or installation bypass to install an older version of Windows 11 on it that is no longer supported, then it’s time for you to start looking for a replacement computer. Actually, the time was 6 weeks ago. Pickin’s are thin right now. 🙁

There were 575+ major hacks, and over 300 application updates this month. Even so, it’s a relatively minor month, with about 2.5 GB of updates for most users.

This Month in Technology

1inch, 1X Internet, 365labs, Access2Jobs, 49,000 Access Management Systems AMS), ACDC Express, Acqua Development, ACTi Corporation, Adrenalina, Adval Tech, Advantage Home Construction Insurance, Aeonsparx, AJ Taylor Electrical Contractors, Alabama Ophthalmology Associates, Albion Online, Alf DaFrè, All4Labels, Allied Tenesis, AllTrust, Allworx, Ally Financial, Almost Famous Clothing, Amalgamated Sugar, Amerman Ginder, an American political action committee (PAC), Andover Family Medicine, Android, Angel One, Anne Arundel County, Apache Atlas, Apache EventMesh, Apache Ignite, Apache Pinot, Apache Tomcat, ¡appa!, Apparel Group, Apple Safari, Archie Cochrane Ford, Arcusin, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Artistic Family Dental, Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Aspire Rural Health System, Aurora Boardworks, Aurora Public Schools, Australian National University, Autodesk Navisworks, Autohaus Kießling, Autoschade Pippel, Avery Products Corporation, Aya Healthcare, Azamara Cruises, Baltimore Country Club, Bangladesh Navy, Bank of America, Barhite & Holzinger Inc, Bassford Remele PA, Bay Cove Human Services, Belgium State Security Service (VSSE), Bell Ambulance, BeniPlus, Benjamin Consulting Services, Benton Police Department, Berg Engineering Consultants, Berkeley Research Group, Best Collateral, Bethany Lutheran Church, Better Auth, BH Aircraft Company, Biagi Bros, Inc, Bikur Rofeh, Birch Medical LLC, Birdsall Muller LLC, Bis Industries, Black Basta ransomware gang, Black Star, BluAgent Technologies, Blue & Co, Blue Planet, Blue Shield of California, Bosowa Berlian Motor, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, British Virgin Islands London Office, Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court, Bulldog Oilfield Services, Bulverde Glass, Burdick Painting, Burlington Hydro, Bybit, Cache Valley ENT, Cafe Zupas, Callico Distributors, Cardiology of Virginia, Carolina Arthritis Associates, Carruth Compliance Consulting, Castle Rock Construction, CCL Products India, CCT Technologies, CDS in Texas, Central District Health Department, Central New York Cardiology, Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics, Charleston Area Medical Center, Chicago Doorways, Chicago Public Schools, Chimu Agropecuaria, Ciba Cobertura Medica, City of McKinney, City Of Roseburg, City of Tarrant, City of Van, Turkey, City Plumbing & Electric Supply, Claris Vision Holdings, Clawson Honda, Cleveland Municipal Court, Cocospy, Color Dating, Colorado River Adventures, Columbus Division of Fire, Comercializadora S&E Perú, Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour, Community Care Alliance, Commvault Webserver, Compound Solutions, Connekted, Consultants in Pain Medicine, Convert Solar, Couri Insurance Agency, CPS Solutions, Craft CMS, Crayfish, Cricadda, Cronos Europa, Crossroads Trading Company, Cyncly Company, Dacas Argentina, Daniels Homes, Datavant Group, Delta Electronics CNCSoft-G2, Delta Electronics ISPSoft, Detroit PBS, Digital Technology Co, Dinizulu Law Group, DISA Global Solutions, Django, DocsGPT, DOGE, Donna G Rogers, CPA, Doxbin, DRClaims FL, Dynamic Closures, DZL, EAC Consulting, Edesur Dominicana, Edimax IC-7100 IP, El Corte Inglés, Elastic Kibana, Elite Advanced Laser Corporation, Endless Mountains Health Systems, Engikam, Erie Management Group, Essex County OB/GYN Associates, Euranova, Ewald Consulting, Executive Agenda, EzyLegal, F&V Capital Management, Fairhaven Shipyard Companies, FANTIN group, Fickling & Company, Fillmore County Hospital, Financial Services of America, Finastra, Finck Cigar, First Defense Fire Protection, First Federal Savings & Loan, Flat Earth Sun, Moon and Zodiac App, Flightsim Studio, FlowiseAI, Fort St. John, Fortinet FortiWeb, Franklin County, Friendship House, FTECH R&D, G&M Direct Hire, G&S Electric LLC, Gala Tech, Garantex, Genea, Georgian Government, GitLab, Goldstein Law Group, Google Chrome, Google Chrome extension platform, Government of Brazil, Government of Pakistan, Grafitec, Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School, Greenwood Village South, Gregory & Appel Insurance, Grubhub, Grupo Baston Aerossol, GS Retail, Haggin Oaks Golf, Hall Law Group, Hammond Trucking & Excavation, Hancock Public School, Hanson Cold Storage, Hatolna, HCRG Care Group, HealthRev Partners, LLC, Heartland Health Center, Help Me Grow Yolo, Heritage South Credit Union, Hewlett Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hickory Law, Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Inc, Hipshipper, Hirsch Enterphone MESH, Hisingstads Bleck, Holiday Comfort Inn, Hollandia Dairy, Home Assistant, HomeTeamNS, Houston Symphony, HP LaserJet Pro MFP 3301fdw, Humboldt Independent Practice Association, iCloud, Indian Ministry of Culture, INDIC Electronics, Indonesian Firefighting Services, Infini, InfoReach, Inland Empire Distribution Systems, Innovative Renal Care, Insight Partners, Insyst GmbH, Interjet, INTERLINK Health Services, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 86,000 Internet of Things devices, InternetWay, Inversiones Clinica Del Meta, InvestHK, Investing.com, IRS, Island Realty, IT-IQ Botswana, Italian Government, iTP Partners, Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS), Ivanti Endpoint Manager, Ivanti Policy Secure (IPS), Ivanti Secure Access Client (ISAC), Jaguar Land Rover, Jaime Schwartz MD, Jefferson Elementary School District, Jerue Companies, Jewish Child Care Association of New York, Jildor Shoes, Johnson’s Nursery, JP Express, Juniper Networks Session Smart Router (SSR) devices, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Kendall Auto Group, Kensington Glass Arts, Keystone Pacific Property Management, Kings River Union Elementary, Klesk Metal Stamping, Krisala Developer, Krispy Kreme, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, Kuwaiti Government, Kyocera International, Inc, La Unión, Label Studio, LandAirSea, LANIT, Laravel, Las Cruces, Laurens School District 56, Law Diary, Leadership Strategies, Leading Edge Specialized Dentistry, Leantime, Leeds United, Legacy Professionals, Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake, Lexmark, Lietvaris, Ligentia, LINKGROUP, LINTEC & LINNHOFF Holdings, Linux Kernel, Lost & Found, Loyola University Maryland, LRT, Lucee, Lucent Health Solutions, Lumen Technologies, Luminus Management, M-1 Toolworks, Mac Jee, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Magnolia Manor, Mainline Information Systems, Makai, Manning Publications, Mars Hydro, Martin Energy Group Services, Matagorda County, Medefer, Medusind, Inc, Meet and Chill, Memorial Hospital and Manor, MercadoLibre, Mercury Paper Inc, Mercy Supply, Merkanti Bank, Meta E2 F, Metro Supply Chain Group, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Sharepoint, Microsoft Windows Debugger, Microsoft Windows Installer Service, Microsoft Windows KDC Proxy, Microsoft’s partner website, Minaris Medical America, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia, Ministry of Defence, India, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine, Ministry of Health of Palau, Minnesota Exteriors, Minnesota Orthodontics, Mission, Texas, Missouri Department of Conservation, MITRE Caldera, MNJ Technologies Direct, Monroe Transportation Services, Moodle, Mosley Glick O’Brien, MOVITOOLS MotionStudio, Moxa PT Switches, MTN Group, Muller Insurance, Mundelein Park & Recreation District, My New Jersey Dentist, mySCADA, Naphix, Naples Heritage Golf & Country Club, NASCAR, National AirVibrator, National Presto Industries, Navien, NBA, Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Nebraska Irrigation, Nelson & Townsend, CPA’s, Neopoly, Netcom-World, New Era Enterprises, Inc, New Era Life Insurance Companies, Newton & Associates, Next TI, NHS Tayside, NI DAQExpress, Nichino Ryokka Co, NioCorp Developments Ltd, Nippon Steel, Niva Bupa, North American Fire Hose, Northern Management, NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Novi Community School District, NTT Communications Corporation, Numotion, Nuna Baby Essentials, NVIDIA Container Toolkit, NVW Newco, LLC, Oberlin Cable Co-op, Obex Medical, Omni United, Ondunova, Openreso, OpenSSH, Orange Group Romania, Ottawa Family Physicians, Oxidized Web, PACE, Pacific Honda Company, Pacific Rehabilitation Centers, Paddington Bear, PAN-OS firewalls, Paragon Partition Manager, Parallels Desktop, Paratus, Park Place Pediatric Dentistry, payapps.com, Paysera, PDF-XChange Editor, Pebble, Pedensia Graphics Distribution, Penn-Harris-Madison, Perrin Performance, Persante Health Care, Pervedant, Peter Glenn Ski Sport, Petstop, Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Polish Space Agency (POLSA), Portland Schools, PostgreSQL, PostHog ClickHouse, Pound Road Medical Centre, Power Pages, PPS Services Group, Praxis Eins, Precision Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Primary Health-SMMPP & U.S. HEALTHWORKS-SMMPP, Princeton Hydro, PS, Pump.fun X account, QBurst, Quality Home Health Care, Radco Industries, Rainbow District School Board, Ray Fogg Corporate Properties, Raymond Lifestyle, Raymond Limited, RCDPRO, Reading Cooperative Bank, Reddit, Regency Media, Rennes University, Renton School District, Restorix Health, RFA Decor, Riverdale Country School, Rivers Casino Philadelphia, a prominent Riyadh-based real estate and construction firm, RJ IT Solutions, ROCK SOLID Stabilization & Reclamation, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rowe Tactical, Rubrik, Ruby on Rails, RxSight, RZD, S3-Proxy, Safe-Strap Company, Saracen Properties, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Schmiedetechnik Plettenberg GmbH & Co, SCLARC, Scott County, Iowa, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Seabank Group, Semyonishna, Shetland Islands Council, Shields Facilities Maintenance, Shinn Fu Company of America, Siegel Group, Signal, SimonMed Imaging, Sittab, SMC Corporation of America, Soco Systems, Solar Data Systems, SolarWinds, Somnia, SonicWall firewalls, Sorare, Sorbonne University, South African Weather Service, SPEED Co, Spring Management OK, LLC, Spyic, Spyzie, SSK Plastic Surgery, St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors System, Star Solution Services, State Bar of Texas, Stateside Seattle, Sterling BMW, Storenvy, Story Environmental, Stram Center for Integrative Medicine, StubHub, Sublette County, WY, Summit Home Health, Sunflower Medical Group, PA, Sunnking Sustainable Solutions, SushiCo, Synelixis Solutions, System Pavers, T J Machine & Tool, T-Mobile, TensorFlow, Thai Metal Aluminium, The Agency, The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, The Northwestern Illinois Association, The Pension Specialist, The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, The Siegel Group, The Smeg Group, The Townsley Law Firm, Therma Seal Insulation Systems, Thong Sia, Thornton Engineering, Tie Down Engineering, TikTok, Title 9 Sports, Inc, TOT Mobile, Town Counsel Law & Litigation, TP-Link routers, Transak, Transkid, Trident Maritime Systems LLC, Trimble SketchUp, Tugwell Pump & Supply, Turning Point of Central California, UFCW Local 135, Unimicron, United Community Health Center, US Coast Guard, US Dept Of Defense, US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Utsunomiya Central Clinic, Vector Engineering, VectraRx Mail Pharmacy Services, Vela Server, Vermeer Mexico, Versant Technologies, Via Credit Union, Vicky Foods, Virginia Attorney General’s office, Vičiūnai Group, VMware ESX, Volt, Vue, Wayne County, Michigan, WDNA, Webex for BroadWorks, Weed Man Canada, Wendy Wu Tours, Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics, Wilkinson Rogers, Williamsburg-James City Schools, Window World of Raleigh, WJCC Public Schools, Woman’s Athletic Club of Chicago, WordPress Chaty Pro plugin, WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin, WordPress Jupiter X Core plugin, Workforce Group, Wylie Steel Fabricators, Xactus, Xen hypervisor, Xerox VersaLink C7025, XWiki, Yahoo, Yorke & Curtis, YouTube, Zacks Investment Research, Zimbra, ZITADEL, zkLend, and Zurich Insurance have reported hacking or compromises this month.

Flight Radar 24,Mastercard, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, X/Twitter, and ZServers/XHost (yay!) have suffered from outages this month.

Last months updates broke AutoCAD 2022, Classic Outlook (again), Microsoft 365, Outlook Drag & Drop, Windows 11 SSH, and Windows Server 2025. Microsoft did release an out-of-cycle BIOS update to fix crash bugs in ASUS devices that has persisted since October.

In other news…

Apple’s AI sucks at transcription. And they’ve disabled end-to-end encryption for users in the UK.

Microsoft is never going to give up trying to get your files into OneDrive so they can use them to feed their AI. After this, their next step will be to “accidentally” turn it on in a month or two then apologize for it later. “Oops.” Microsoft has announced they’re killing off Skype in only a couple months. An ad-supported version of Microsoft Office/365 is currently in beta.

Microsoft accounts are being targeted by an insane “password spraying” attack over the last month or so. Due to the way their authentication works, where all it takes is your email address to send you an email or text with a passcode to log you in, it’s resulting in hundreds or even thousands of messages to Microsoft account holders with these one time pin numbers.

As Microsoft launches their new 24/7 screen capture and content collection service, Recall, they are removing the Location History feature in Windows.

Many websites are now “fingerprinting” your browser to uniquely identify “you” – and the net effect is that it actually allows malicious actors to impersonate you really well.

ReliaQuest has released information about how a “tsunami of phishing messages” followed by a massive deluge of spam in order to allow hackers the cover they needed to hijack their network. It’s a great birds-eye view of how this kind of thing works. The lesson here: Don’t simply ignore a massive uptick in phishing messages or spam.

A series of vulnerabilities exist in undocumented functions in the Espressif bluetooth chips used in over a billion devices.

YouTubers are being targeted with threats of copyright strikes if they don’t spread malware. And you thought the content was bad already.

Now for the good news:

The EFF has released a tool to detect cellular spying.

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is relatively minor this month. The typical computer should see roughly 2.5 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released 39 updates to address 72 vulnerabilities in .NET, ASP.NET Core & Visual Studio, Azure Agent Installer, Azure Arc, Azure CLI, Azure PromptFlow, Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Local Security Authority Server (lsasrv), Microsoft Management Console, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Streaming Service, Microsoft Windows, Remote Desktop Client, Synaptics, Inc., Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Windows Common Log File System Driver, Windows Cross Device Service, Windows DNS Server, Windows exFAT File System, Windows Fast FAT Driver, Windows File Explorer, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Kernel Memory, Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers, Windows MapUrlToZone, Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW), Windows NTFS, Windows NTLM, Windows Remote Desktop Services, Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Telephony Server, Windows USB Video Driver, Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem, and MSRT. This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Apple released updates for iOS 18.3.2, iPadOS 18.3.2, macOS Sequoia 15.3.2, Safari 18.3.1, tvOS 18.3.1, and visionOS 2.3.2. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install the most current versions.

iOS 18.3.2 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 18.3.2 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

tvOS 18.3.1 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

visionOS 2.3.2 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google ChromeOS 133.0.6943.146 and Google ChromeOS LTS 126.0.6478.265 and 132.0.6834.211 are security updates. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Don’t forget to check your mobile devices, too! Many updates will also apply to your tablet, phone, kindle or television – so check your device-appropriate App Store and install updates.

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.

The release of macOS Sequoia (15.x) means that macOS Monterey (12.x) and older are no longer supported. If you can not install at least macOS Ventura (13) on your Mac then you should immediately remove your device from the Internet and use it offline only. It will no longer receive patches or updates and can now no longer be secured.

The now-current — and final — release of the Windows 10 (v22H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. All non-LTS versions of Windows 10 other than v22H2 are now out of support, upgrade to v22H2 now. If you aren’t sure whether you are using LTS, you aren’t. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

The now-current release of the Windows 11 (v24H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. Windows 11 pushes you to get the latest Windows 11 release every 12 months and only supports any consumer builds for 24 months. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

Windows 11 is now stable and can be upgraded to if your hardware supports it. If not, switch to Linux (Mint is nice) or replace your computer.

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 or use, reducing the attack surface. This includes “free” applications like Avast, OpenOffice, and games you do not actually play.

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 a SaferPC Subscription and we will install updates 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.

AMD Adrenalin 25.3.1 adds support for new hardware, feature and performance improvements, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.amd.com/en/support

Crucial Storage Executive 11.01 does not provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.crucial.com/support/storage-executive

Intel Driver and Support Assistant 25.1.9.6 is a security update.
https://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect

VIISAN OfficeCam 7.2.7.0 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.viisan.com/en/download/type1.html

Browser Updates

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

Brave 1.76.74 is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Google Chrome 134.0.6998.88 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Firefox 136.0.1 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Firefox ESR 128.8.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Vivaldi 7.1.3570.60 is a security update.
https://vivaldi.com/

Email Updates

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

DavMail Gateway 6.3.0 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://davmail.sourceforge.net/

Spark 3.21.3.100475 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Spark (macOS) 3.21.3.100474 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 136.0.0 is a security update.
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Internet Updates

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

AnyDesk 9.0.4 resolves several crash bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

AnyDesk (macOS) 9.0.0 is a major update adding several new features and resolves compatibility and stability bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

curl 8.12.1 improves tests and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

Dropbox 219.4.4463 resolves several stability bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

FreeFileSync 14.2 resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

Google Drive 105.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

Grocy Desktop 2.13.0 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/grocy/grocy-desktop

MeshCentral 1.1.42 resolves several bugs. Note that this version has conflicts with Windows 7 and 2008R2 so do not enable update on these platforms. This is not a security update.
https://meshcentral.com/info/downloads.html

Microsoft Teams 1.8.00.4966 enables AI by default, feature improvements and now consumes Skype links. Skype is dead. This is not a security update.
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

Nextcloud Server 31.0.0 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Npcap 1.81 adds several new features and performance improvements. This is not a security update.
https://nmap.org/npcap/

Rclone 1.69.1 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://rclone.org/

Signal 7.45.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/windows/

Signal (Android) 7.36.2 adds chat history migration support. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Technitium DNS Server 13.4.3 improves reliability and performance. This is not a security update.
https://technitium.com/dns/

Telegram 5.12.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://telegram.org/

WinSCP 6.3.7 is a security update.
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Zoom 6.3.11.60501 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

3tene 4.0.15 improves clothing and other interactions. This is not a security update.
https://en.3tene.com/

Bitwig Studio 5.3.2 resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.bitwig.com/download/

darktable 5.0.1 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.darktable.org/

Grayjay 285 improves sync and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://grayjay.app/index.html

iTunes 12.13.6.1 adds support for new iOS and iPadOS versions. This does not provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

KaraFun Player 3.5.3 improves offline mode and remote. This is not a security update.
https://www.karafun.com/karaoke-windows/

Plex Desktop 1.108.1.307 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Media Server 1.41.5.9522 improves ad detection feature, performance and resolves a bunch of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-media-server

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Minecraft Server (Bedrock) 1.21.62.01 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock

PS5 2025.225 improves performance and stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/

Steam 2025.03.10 resolves several bugs and improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110

SteamOS SteamDeck Update 2025.03.04 is a security update.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/

Office Updates

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

Adobe Illustrator 28.7.5 and 29.3 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb25-17.html

Adobe InDesign 19.5.3 and 20.2 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb25-19.html

Adobe Reader DC 25.001.20432, 24.001.30235 and 20.005.30763 are security updates.
https://get.adobe.com/reader

Adobe Substance 3D Designer 14.1.1 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_designer/apsb25-22.html

Adobe Substance 3D Modeler 1.20.10 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-modeler/apsb25-21.html

Adobe Substance 3D Painter 11.0 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb25-18.html

Adobe Substance 3D Sampler 5.0 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-sampler/apsb25-16.html

Aronium 1.45 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://aronium.com/

Artweaver 8.0.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.artweaver.de/

Audacity 3.7.2 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

Calibre 7.26.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

Columns++ 1.2 improves parsing and adds additional escapes and search options. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/Coises/ColumnsPlusPlus

Kdenlive 24.12.3 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://kdenlive.org/

Kindle for PC 2.7.70978 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.amazon.com/kindleforpc

LibreOffice 24.8.5 resolves over 60 bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

LibreOffice Fresh 25.2.1 resolves over 75 bugs. This is a security update. The “Fresh” line is beta software and should be avoided in favor of the standard release.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Manager 25.3.11.2151 improves inventory feature. This is not a security update.
https://www.manager.io/

Nextcloud Desktop 3.16.0 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Notepad++ 8.7.8 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Paint.net 5.1.5 adds JPEG XL support, updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.getpaint.net/

PDF-XChange Editor 10.5.2.395 is a security update.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

Operating System Updates

These are for specific Linux flavors and alternative operating systems and, sadly, are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Tails 6.13 is a security update.
https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html

Security Software Updates

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

IISCrypto 4.0.18 adds support for Windows Server 2025, improved logging, controls, profiles and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.nartac.com/Products/IISCrypto/Download

JShelter 0.20 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://jshelter.org/install/

KeePass 2.58 improves cosmetics, controls and adds several new import and export capabilities. This is not a security update.
https://keepass.info/

MalwareBytes Desktop Security 5.2.7.167 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/

OnionShare 2.6.3 updates libraries, resolves several bugs, improves compatibility, and log capability. This is not a security update.
https://onionshare.org/

OpenSSL 3.4.1 is a security update.
https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html

ProtonVPN 3.5.3 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/win-app/releases/latest

RogueKiller 16.1.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/

Stinger 13.0.0.300 adds new detections. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

Capture Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Open Broadcaster Software 31.0.2 resolves several crash and stability bugs. This is not a security update.
https://obsproject.com/

SnagIt 25.0.0 updates libraries, adds “step capture”, smart redaction, removal of background noise and customizable sharing. Unfortunately, it also now attempts to install SQL Server Compact Edition which has been unsupported for over three years with outstanding security vulnerabilities. It also introduced a crash bug when exporting to PNG format. This is a security update. Kinda sad isn’t it: Fix a few vulnerabilities and intentionally add even more? Sigh.
https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

DVDFab 13.0.3.7 adds support for new hardware and improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

HandBrake 1.9.2 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://handbrake.fr/

StreamFab 6.2.2.5 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 3.0.1.0 resolves several bugs and adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/unifab.htm

Education updates

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

Zotero 7.0.13 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.zotero.org/

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

1Password 8.10.64 resolves several bugs and improves default behaviors. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/

balenaEtcher 2.1.0 adds support for new platforms and ability to disable analytics. This is not a security update.
https://etcher.balena.io/

Beyond Compare 5.0.6.30713 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.scootersoftware.com/download

BgInfo 4.33 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/bginfo

Bitwarden 2025.2.1 improves user interface and adds 2FA for unrecognized devices. This is not a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

Carbonite 6.5.1 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://account.carbonite.com/

CCleaner 6.33.11465 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

DesktopOK 11.63 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

dnGrep 4.4.2.0 resolves several bugs and improves console support. This is not a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

ESEDatabaseView 1.77 improves database reading. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ese_database_view.html

Fing 3.8.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fing.com/products/fing-desktop-download-windows

GoodSync 12.8.5 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

grepWin 2.1.8 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin/releases/latest

GSmartControl 2.0.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/

Homedale 2.18 adds Thai language support. This is not a security update.
https://www.the-sz.com/products/homedale/

HWiNFO 8.22 adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

IsMyHdOK 4.21 improves hardware detection and compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/IsMyHdOK

LessMSI 2.7.0 adds several new translations. This is not a security update.
https://lessmsi.activescott.com/

MultiMonitorTool 2.20 adds scaling capabilities. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html

NTLite 2025.03.10344 improves component selection and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

OSForensics 11.1.1003 improves triage, hash sets, and other improvements. This is not a security update.
https://www.osforensics.com/download.html

osquery 5.16.0 resolves a couple bugs and improves python, deb and rpm package support. This is not a security update.
https://osquery.io/downloads

PowerToys 0.89.0 adds transcoding to advanced paste, improves stability and resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/latest

PSAppDeploy 4.0.6 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

RoboForm 9.6.5 removes Security Center from installed app and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.roboform.com/

Starwind V2V Converter 9.623 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

TeamViewer 15.63.5 resolves several bugs and improves logging. This is not a security update.
https://www.teamviewer.com/en-us/download/windows/

Ventoy 1.1.05 improves compatibility and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

WinGet 1.10.340 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest

WinRAR 7.10 resolves over a dozen bugs and improves MOTW propagation. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.rarlab.com/

WizFile 3.11 improves threading, user interface and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/

WizTree 4.25 improves CSV import and export and resolves a 32-bit compatibility bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskanalyzer.com/

XnConvert 1.104.0 adds command line file and list options. This is not a security update.
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/

ZoomText 2025.2502.63.400 adds ARM64 support and live text view. This is not a security update.
https://support.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/ZoomText

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

.NET Runtime 9.0.3 is a security update.
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

Android Studio 2024.3.1.13 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

GDevelop 5.5.226 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

GitHub Desktop 3.4.18 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://desktop.github.com/

Go 1.24.1 is a security update.
https://go.dev/

Godot 4.4 adds dozens of new features and improvements. This is not a security update.
https://godotengine.org/

Inno Setup 6.4.1 improves autocompletion and tooltips, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php

Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable 14.42.34438.0 is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist

Node.js 18.20.7 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 23.9.0 updates dependencies and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Rustup 1.28.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.rust-lang.org/

SQLite 3.49.1 resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

Visual Studio Code 1.98.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

Web Package Updates

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

Adminer 5.0.4 resolves dozens of bugs and improves various language integrations. This is not a security update.
https://www.adminer.org/en/

Grocy 4.4.2 improves Open Food Facts integration and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/grocy/grocy

HumHub 1.17.1 improves registration controls and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.humhub.com/en

Joomla 4.4.12 is a security update.
https://www.joomla.org/

Joomla 5.2.5 is a security update.
https://www.joomla.org/

Piwigo 15.4.0 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://piwigo.org/

bbPress 2.6.12 is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/

Conditional Widgets 3.3 updates documentation and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/conditional-widgets/

Contact Form 7 6.0.5 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Duplicator 1.5.12 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/#developers

Redirection 5.5.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/

Sucuri Security 1.9.9 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sucuri-scanner/

WP Cerber Security 9.6.7.3 resolves several bugs and improves performance. This is not a security update.
https://wpcerber.com/

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

Regards,

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

Updates 2025-01-14

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Happy New Year, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for January, 2025.

It’s as safe as it’s going to be to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 or macOS 15/Sequoia.

If your Windows 10 (or older) computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11, or if you used a registry or installation bypass to install an older version of Windows 11 on it that is no longer supported, then it’s time for you to start looking for a replacement computer.
Windows 10 now has only 9 months of support left and I am already seeing availability issues for new computers.

There were 600+ major hacks, and over 300 application updates this month. It’s a “normal” month, with about 4 GB of updates for most users.

This Month in Technology

A Bar A Ranch, A Sensitive Touch Home Health, AAA Environmental, Abrasive Supply Corporation, Access TeleCare, Accolent ERP Software, AEP Texas, Aetna ACE, Akantha, Akumin, Inc, Albert Paper Company, Albion College, Alexandria University, Allen Carr’s Easyway, Allendale Long-Term Care Home, Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, Allianz Life Insurance Company, Allied Packing And Rubber Inc, AllyScripts, LLC, Alphastar Home Health Care, Alta Resources Corp, American Addiction Centers, American Associated Pharmacies, American Trust Company, Americhek, Anna Jaques Hospital, AnnieMac, AnyDesk, Aosense, Apache HugeGraph-Server, Apache MINA, Apache Tomcat, Apache Traffic Control, ApolloGames, Apple macOS camera, Archie Cochrane Ford, Ardyss, Arena Technical Resources, Argentina Airport, Arista NG Firewall, Arixa Capital Advisors LLC, Arrotex Pharmaceuticals, Artistic Family Dental, Artivion, Ascension Health, Ascension Living, Asheville City Schools, Ashlar-Vellum Graphite, Astaphans, AT&T, Atos, AudioPrints, Autodesk Navisworks Freedom, AutomationDirect C-More, Auxis, Avana Electrotek, Aviatrix Controller, Avira Prime, Avstar Fuel Systems, 4,000 backdoored backdoors, Badger Popcorn And Concession Supply Company, Bangkok Medical Software HOSxP XE, Bank of America, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Barber Specialties, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, BASC.edu.ph, BayMark Health Services, BCM One, Belen Consolidated Schools, Betterdoor.com, Bettisworth North, Beverly, BeyondTrust, BigCommerce, Billet Precision, Biomedical Caledonia, Bitdefender Virus Scanner, BitView, Black Oak Casino Resort (yes, that one), Blome International, Bluegrass Ingredients, BlueZ Classic HID, Bonneville School District 93, Boone County School District, Borrego Health, Boston University Framingham Heart Study, Brant Catholic school board, Brazilian government, Brighton Jones, Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Brooklyn Art Library, BrownPacking, Byte Federal Bitcoin ATM platform, Cairo Governorate Education Portal, California Correctional Health Care Services, Cariad, Carrollton Orthopaedic Clinic, Casio, CED Solutions Computer IT Training Centers, Cell C, Center for Child Development, INC, Central Valley Meat Co Inc, Chain And Rope Suppliers LTD, Charlie’s Tax Service, Charter, Christ The Redeemer School, CIRCA, Cisco, City of Corvallis, City of Noblesville, City of West Haven, City of Winston-Salem, Cleo Harmony, Cleo LexiCom, Cleo VLTrader, College Hospital Costa Mesa, Collezione, Colombia court system, Community Alliance, Compliance Solutions Inc, Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado, ConnectOnCall, COROB, Costex, Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell PC, CR&R Environmental Services, CREFSP, Crimson Wine Group, Crown Mortgage Company, Cyberhaven, D&G Enviro-Group, D-7 Roofing, 250,000 Danish consumer records, DAP Health, Davis Products Company Inc, DBM Global Inc, Delap & Waller, Delhi Public Primary School Itarsi, Dell Avamar, Dell’s Update Package Framework, Delta Electronics CNCSoft-G2, Delta Electronics DRASimuCAD, DEphoto, DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs, Dignity Health Lassen Medical Clinic, Discord, District 65, DMM Bitcoin, Dobie Road, Douglas County Department of Health and Human Services, Downey Hospital, Dragonfly Health, Drivestream, Drupal, Drywall Partitions, Duke Energy, DuxHumanHealth, Dynasty Healthcare Company, E-Tank, Eastern Idaho Public Health, Economy Restaurant Equipment And Supply Company, Effortless Office, Eindhoven University of Technology, Ekonika, Energy Capital Credit Union, Enugu State Government, EPS-MTOSB, Espreso TV, European Space Agency, EVAS Group, Evidn, Ex-Times, Exostar, Facebook, Family Help & Wellness, Farline, Farnesina, Federal Bank of India, Fireproof Contractors Inc, Flamco, FlashFiber, FoodMap, Fortinet Wireless Manager, Forum Architecture & Interior Design, Four-Faith routers, Foxit PDF Reader, Frameworks, Fraunhofer IAO, Free Telecom Raises, Freightliner of Savannah, French Citizens, French Tennis Federation, Fukoku Co, Fullmer Construction, FunFun688, Gammal Tech, Geisinger, General Digital, General Dynamics, Genie Healthcare, GeoVision GV-ASManager, Gerber Life Insurance, GFI Archiver, GFI KerioControl, Gilbarco Veeder-Root Orpak, Giordano, DelCollo, Werb & Gagne, LLC, GLAMIRA, Golden Age Home Health Inc, Golden Hills School, Good Neighbors Credit Union, Good Samaritan Hospital, Google Chrome, GPM Lawn Sprinkler Supply, Granite School District, Gravy Analytics, Great Star Tools USA, Green Bay Packers store, Greene Supply Company, Grocy, Grupo Buddemeyer, Guardian.com, Gunnar Prefab, Habib’s, Halton Long Term Care, Hammons Supply Company, Hapn, Happy Magic Trick Shop, Harley-Davidson, Hartson-Kennedy Inc Group Benefit Plan, HealthEquity, Inc, Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, LLC, Helena Public Schools, HemenBahis, Heritage Bank, Hi-Raise Constructions Holding, Hide-A-Way Lake Club, Holton Public Schools, Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Hong Kong Insurance Authority, Hong Kong Urban Renewal Authority, Hopamedia, Horizon Oil, Howell Township Public Schools, HRB Tax Group, Inc, Huaxia School, Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li, Huntington Hotel Group, Hyperice, I, Librarian, IHIO, Ikav Global Energy, Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, LLC, Illinois Department of Human Services, Illumina’s iSeq 100 DNA gene sequencer, Imperial Valley Respite, In-Home Attendant Services, INBAL, Indian government websites, 3.69 million Indian property records, Indianapolis Public Schools, Indonesia Government, InfoCert, Informaticarecoleta, Instagram, Insured Recovery, International Coffee & Tea, LLC, Internxt VPN, Inverclyde Council, Israel Defense Forces, Italian banks and government agencies, Italian Foreign Ministry, Ivanti Avalanche, Ivanti Connect Secure, Izmocars, Japan Airlines, Jared Beschel and Associates, Jay Enn Corporation, Jet Edge, Jim Thompson, JRT Automatisation, Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa, Kaizen Pharmaceuticals, Kansas City Hospice, Inc, KBanknow, Keeco, LLC, Kenton County School District, Kern Services, Khalil Center, Kilgore Industries, Kiswire, Kitsap Mental Health Services, global Know Your Customer (KYC) account data, Krispy Kreme, Kyndryl, LA Financial Federal Credit Union, Lake Shore Public Schools, Lancaster City Schools, Laramie County Library System, Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare, Latitude, LCPtracker, Inc, Le Coq Sportif, Lebanese Intelligence Dept, LegalNurse, Lelivrescolaire, Lexington Diagnostic Center, Leyman Manufacturing, Linux Kernel Bluetooth, LKQ Corporation, Lokdal, Luxion KeyShot Viewer, Luxury Yacht Group, Lyons Specialty Co, macOS SIP, Madhya Pradesh’s child welfare agency, over 3,000,000 mail servers, ManageEngine Analytics Plus, Manens-Tifs SpA, Manitou Springs School District, Martin Sprocket & Gear, Inc, Maverick Constructors, MC2 Data, McCormick & Priore, McCray Lumber, McDonald’s, McFarlane, Medusind, Meezan Bank, Megaexit, Menorah Life, Inc, Metalmatrix Clamps, MetLife, mi.edu, Microsoft Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Azure MFA, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft PC Manager, Microsoft Purview, Microvision, Mission Bancorp, MLP Tax & Financial Services, Modern Automotive Network, Modern Dental Group Limited, Mohawk Valley Cardiology, Moneytor, Montreal North, Mossad, Moxa, MSI, MyGiftCardSupply, Nara, Nash Brothers Construction, Nathan American Academy, National Atomic Energy Commission, National Commission of Markets (Spain), National Library of Peru, Natomas Unified School District, Nikki-Universal, Nirjai, Niva Bupa Insurance Group, Nodex, Nominet, North Los Angeles County Regional Center, Northern Lights Electric, Northwest Asthma & Allergy Center, Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District, Norwex USA, Inc, Novati Constructions, Nuclei, NY & WY Orthpaedics Specialists, Obltelecom, OL Products, Omaha Surgical Center, OmniRide, Omnitravel, One Airline, OneBlood, Onecare, OpenWrt, Oppo, Ott Cone & Redpath, PA, Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Palo Alto Networks Expedition, Panda Security Dome, ParrotTalks, Path of Exile 2, Patriarche Office of Architecture, Peikko, Pembina Trails School Division, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Peugeot Dealership, PharmaNewsOnline, PHG CPAs, Philippine Statistical Association Inc, PhoneMondo, PIH Health, Pinger USA, PingMoney, Pinno Construction, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Platinum Celebs, Positive Behavior Supports Corporation, PowerSchool (this affects potentially millions of school districts across the globe), PracticeSuite, Press Color, ProCaps Laboratories, Progress Software WhatsUp Gold, Psychogen, PT Pertamina, PT PINS Indonesia, Qualcomm chips, Qualinet, Rainy River public school, Ramos Law, Rancho Santa Fe School District, Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union, Randys Transmissions, Rapido, Realme, Regional Care, Inc, Relate Infotech, Reliance Connects, Rent-2-Own, ReutOne, Revolution Beauty, Rhode Island’s RIBridges, Richmond University Medical Center, River Region Cardiology, Riverina Medical, Rivers Casino Philadelphia, RM Group, Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation, Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates, RocSearch, Rosreestr, Rozavam, Rspack, Ruby, Ruijie Networks, Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc & Affiliates Benefits Plan, Rutherford County Schools, Rydox, SAIC in Brazil, Samsung Devices, schenkYOU, Schneider Electric, Scholastic, Scottish rail network, SeaLandAire Technologies, Self Esteem Brands, LLC, SENATI, Senior Citizens, Inc, Senior Dating, SERGAS Group, Sheyenne Tooling & Manufacturing, Sidney Health Center, Siemens User Management Component, Simcoe Muskoka Catholic School, Skoda cars, Skopos, Slawson Companies, Slovakian land registry, SmartLynx Airlines SIA, Smith Tank & Steel, Solaris Pharma, SolGeo AG Baugelogie and Geotechnik, SonicWALL NSv, Sony XAV-AX8500, Sophos Firewall, Sparkling Smiles Family Dentistry, Spectrum, SpeedLine Solutions, Spelpaus, Sri Lanka Government Printing Department, Sri Lanka Police, SRP Federal Credit Union, Stanford University, Starbucks, Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District (SOCSD), State Registers of Ukraine, STIIIZY, Stillwater Area Public Schools, Summit Medical Group, PLLC, Sunflower Medical Group, Suno India, SuperDraft, Supreme Court of India, Surface Combustion, Swedish Gambling Authority, Synology, T Smiles Dental, T.Hasegawa USA, T1, Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal Co Inc, Talentely, Tarnaise des Panneaux SAS, Tayfa Denizcilik, Tecta America Corporation, Teedy, Telcel, Telecom Namibia, Telefónica, Tenable Nessus update system, Tesla Wall, Teton Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Thailand Department of Mineral Fuels, Tharisa, The Baker Center for Children and Families, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Thomas Cook, Thomas J. Henry Law, Tibber, Tibbo Aggregate Network Manager, Toscano Law, Total Patient Care LLC, Town of Ponoka, Town of Webster, Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Deep Security, Trev Deeley Motorcycles, Trifecta, TruBridge, Inc, True World Holdings LLC, Trussville City Schools, Try.gov.hk, Tumeny Payments Limited, Tungsten Automation Power PDF, Turks and Caicos, Tycon Medical Systems, UGKK, Unisource Information Services, United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), University of Baghdad, University of Tasmania, US Committee on Foreign Investments, US EPA, 261,000 US insurance agents, 350,000 US mobile homeowners, US SSA, US Treasury, US Veteran Affairs, UT Southwestern Medical Center (fourth time in 18 months), Uvoice, Valio, Vallianz, Value Dental Center, Vaultwarden, Venki Supravizio BPM, Venntel, Veritas Enterprise, Verizon, Verosa LLC, VESD, Vickers Engineering, Village Community School, Village Fertility Pharmacy Group, VIP, VisionPoint Eye Center, VO Baker, VPNCity, VW Group, Wacom Center WTabletServicePro, Walker County Schools, Warid Telecom, Water Utilities Corporation, Waterstones, Watertown Public Schools, Watsonville Community Hospital, Webmin, Weininger Metall System GmbH, Western Montana Mental Health Center, Westerville City Schools, WhatsApp, Whittier Hospital, WilsonSD, Windows Active Directory Domain Controllers, Windstream, WireGuard Portal, Wood County, Word & Brown Insurance Administrators, Inc, World Leadership Academy, WSO2 API Manager, WY88 Casino, Xanthops, Xstrahl eBt Therapy Equipment, Xtream, XWiki, Yaaka, Yat Siu, Yonéma, YorkTest Laboratories, Young Life, Young Living Essential Oils, Youngs Counseling, PLLC, Youth Eastside Services, ZAGG Inc, and Zeifmans have reported hacking or compromises this month.

Docomo, Facebook, Instagram, MI6, Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – effectively blocking access to MS 365, Proton, Threads, and WhatsApp have suffered from outages this month.

Last months updates broke Windows updates on new installations, Windows 11 Start Menu, Office 365 activation system, Windows 11 HDR, and Windows Bitlocker.

Microsoft is going to force-install “new” Outlook on Windows PCs within the next month.

“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” — Edward Snowden

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is not that bad this month. The typical computer should see roughly 4 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released 70 updates to address 164 vulnerabilities in .NET, .NET Framework, Active Directory Domain Services, Active Directory Federation Services, Azure Marketplace SaaS Resources, BranchCache, Internet Explorer, IP Helper, Line Printer Daemon Service (LPD), Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU), Microsoft Azure Gateway Manager, Microsoft Brokering File System, Microsoft Digest Authentication, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office OneNote, Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Office Visio, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Windows Search Component, Power Automate, Reliable Multicast Transport Driver (RMCAST), Servicing Stack Updates, System Center, Visual Studio, Windows BitLocker, Windows Boot Loader, Windows Boot Manager, Windows Client-Side Caching (CSC) Service, Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver, Windows COM, Windows Connected Devices Platform Service, Windows Cryptographic Services, Windows Digital Media, Windows Direct Show, Windows DWM Core Library, Windows Event Tracing, Windows Geolocation Service, Windows Hello, Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP, Windows Installer, Windows Kerberos, Windows Kernel Memory, Windows MapUrlToZone, Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW), Windows Message Queuing, Windows NTLM, Windows OLE, Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc, Windows Recovery Environment Agent, Windows Remote Desktop Services, Windows Secure Boot, Windows Security Account Manager, Windows Smart Card, Windows SmartScreen, Windows SPNEGO Extended Negotiation, Windows Telephony Service, Windows Themes, Windows UPnP Device Host, Windows Virtual Trusted Platform Module, Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave, Windows Web Threat Defense User Service, Windows Win32K – GRFX, Windows WLAN Auto Config Service, and MSRT. This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Apple released updates for iOS 18.2, iOS 18.2.1, iPadOS 17.7.3, iPadOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2.1, macOS 15.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2, Safari 18.2, tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2 and watchOS 11.2. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install the most current versions.

iOS 18.2.1 is a security update. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 17.7.3 and 18.2.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

watchOS 11.2 is a security update. Use the Watch app on your iPhone to install the most current version.

tvOS 18.2 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

visionOS 2.2 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google ChromeOS 131.0.6778.241 and Google ChromeOS LTS 126.0.6478.261 are security updates. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Don’t forget to check your mobile devices, too! Many updates will also apply to your tablet, phone, kindle or television – so check your device-appropriate App Store and install updates.

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.

The release of macOS Sequoia (15.x) means that macOS Monterey (12.x) and older are no longer supported. If you can not install at least macOS Ventura (13) on your Mac then you should immediately remove your device from the Internet and use it offline only. It will no longer receive patches or updates and can now no longer be secured.

The now-current — and final — release of the Windows 10 (v22H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. All non-LTS versions of Windows 10 other than v22H2 are now out of support, upgrade to v22H2 now. If you aren’t sure whether you are using LTS, you aren’t. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

The now-current release of the Windows 11 (v24H2) is very large so will take a long time to download on slower connections. Windows 11 pushes you to get the latest Windows 11 release every 12 months and only supports any consumer builds for 24 months. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, this process will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

Windows 11 is now stable and can be upgraded to if your hardware supports it, but I recommend you continue to use Windows 10 until early 2025 before you consider switching to it.

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 or use, reducing the attack surface. This includes “free” applications like Avast, OpenOffice, and games you do not actually play.

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 a SaferPC Subscription and we will install updates 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.

Daemon Tools Lite 12.2.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.daemon-tools.cc/products/dtLite

UniFi airMAX NanoStation 5AC Loco 8.7.15 is a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/software/loco5ac

UniFi Network Server 9.0.108 adds zone-based firewall, CyberSecure, Network Application API and resolves several bugs. Thsi is not a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/releases/network-server

VIISAN OfficeCam 7.2.5.0 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.viisan.com/en/download/type1.html

Wacom Driver 6.4.8-6 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.wacom.com/en-us/support/product-support/drivers

Browser Updates

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

Brave 1.73.105 is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Google Chrome 131.0.6778.264 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Firefox 134.0.1 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Firefox ESR 128.6.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

SeaMonkey 2.53.20 is a security update.
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Vivaldi 7.0.3495.29 is a security update.
https://vivaldi.com/

Email Updates

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

Mailspring 1.15.0 is a security update.
https://getmailspring.com/

Spark 3.19.2.94903 improves AI controls, user interface improvements and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Spark (macOS) 3.19.2.94902 improves AI controls, user interface improvements and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 128.6.0 is a security update.
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Internet Updates

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

curl 8.11.1 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

DNSDataView 1.76 adds DMARC support. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dns_records_viewer.html

Dropbox 214.4.5217 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

Google Drive 102.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

Grocy Desktop 2.11.0 updates Grocy and Barcode Buddy to their latest releases and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/grocy/grocy-desktop

MeshCentral 1.1.38 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://meshcentral.com/info/downloads.html

Microsoft Teams 1.7.00.33761 adds brand filtering and web-based screen controls. This is not a security update.
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

Nextcloud Server 30.0.4 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Omada Software Controller 5.15.6.7 adds support for additional hardware, SAML SSO support, DSL Gateway configuration and improvces RADIUS support. This is not a security update.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/omada-software-controller/

Pocketnet-Core 0.22.11 improves jury and moderation, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

Pocketnet-GUI 0.9.107 resolves a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

Rclone 1.69.0 is a security update.
https://rclone.org/

Signal 7.37.0 improves visual feedback and macOS compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/windows/

Signal (Android) 7.28.4 adds chat folders and group grouping. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Syncthing 1.29.2 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://syncthing.net/

Technitium DNS Server 13.3 resolves several bugs, including stability and denial of service. This should be treated as a security update.
https://technitium.com/dns/

Telegram 5.10.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://telegram.org/

Zoom 6.3.6 resolves several bugs, including a fix for a defect in the automatic update system, and makes cosmetic changes. This is not a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

darktable 5.0.0 is a major update, including over 1,700 changes, 500 camera model improvements, user interface improvements, performance improvements and much more. This is not a security update.
https://www.darktable.org/

Grayjay 278 adds and removes Apple Podcasts, and resolves several several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://grayjay.app/index.html

KaraFun Player 3.4.6.81 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.karafun.com/karaoke-windows/

Plex Desktop 1.106.0.276 adds Share button and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Home Theater 1.69.0.264 updates libraries. This is not a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Media Server 1.41.3.9314 is a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-media-server

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Minecraft Server (Bedrock) 1.21.51.02 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock

SteamOS SteamDeck Update 2024.12.12 is a security update.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/

Office Updates

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

Adobe Animate 23.0.10 and 24.0.7 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-05.html

Adobe Illustrator for iPad 3.0.8 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator-mobile-ios/apsb25-04.html

Adobe Photoshop 26.2 and 25.12.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb25-02.html

Adobe Reader DC (Mac) 24.004.20272 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://get.adobe.com/reader

Adobe Reader DC 24.005.20320 is a security update.
https://get.adobe.com/reader

Adobe Substance3D Designer 14.1 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_designer/apsb25-06.html

Adobe Substance3D Stager 3.1.0 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_stager/apsb25-03.html

Audacity 3.7.1 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

Calibre 7.24.0 adds read-aloud and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

ColdFusion 2021.18 and ColdFusion 2023.12 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb24-107.html

GnuCash 5.10 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.gnucash.org/

Kdenlive 24.12.1 adds ASS subtitle support, resolves a bunch of bugs, and updates libraries and dependencies. This is not a security update.
https://kdenlive.org/

LibreOffice 24.8.4 resolves over 50 bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

LibreOffice Fresh 24.8.4 resolves over 50 bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Manager 25.1.14.2025 improves inventory costing and controls. This is not a security update.
https://www.manager.io/

Nextcloud Desktop 3.15.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Notepad++ 8.7.5 resolves over a dozen bugs and regressions. This is not a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Paint.net 5.1.2 improves performance and reduces resource requirements, resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.getpaint.net/

PDF-XChange Editor 10.5.0.393 resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

QuickBooks Pro 2022 20241217-R18_40 resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

QuickBooks Pro 2023 20241217-R15_29 resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

Scribus 1.6.3 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.scribus.net/

Operating System Updates

These are for specific Linux flavors and alternative operating systems and, sadly, are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

ChromeOS 131.0.6778.241 is a security update.
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable%20updates+ChromeOS

iOS 18.2 and iOS 18.2.1 are security updates.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

iPadOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2.1 are security updates.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

macOS 15.2 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201541

Tails 6.11 is a security update.
https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html

tvOS 18.2 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT202716

watchOS 11.2 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204641

Security Software Updates

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

Chainsaw 2.11.0 improves MFT parsing. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/countercept/chainsaw

MalwareBytes Desktop Security 5.2.4.157 rebrands from “Anti-Malware,” improves notification behavior, and now requires autorun for the VPN Kill Switch capability. This is not a security update.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/

ProtonVPN 3.5.0 improves stability and reliability in censored countries. Thsi is not a security update.
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/win-app/releases/latest

Stinger 13.0.0.254 improves detection. This is not a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

uBlock Origin 1.62.0 improves syntax and reliability and resovles several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/latest

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

DVDFab 13.0.3.4 improves NVIDIA AI conversion. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

IsoBuster 5.5.1 adds dozens of new features, new media formats and mappings, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.isobuster.com/download.php

StreamFab 6.2.1.3 updates engine, improves compatibility, and resolves several bugs. Thsi is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 3.0.0.1 is a major update and improves upscaling, performance and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/unifab.htm

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

1Password 8.10.56 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/

GadgetPack 38.0 rebrands from 8GadgetPack, adds Windows 11 support, updates graphics and cosmetics, and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gadgetpack.net/

Agent Ransack 2022.3503 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download/

AOMEI Partition Assistant 10.7.0 adds 1-click space fix and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskpart.com/

BatteryHistoryView 1.06 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/battery_history_view.html

Bitwarden 2024.12.1 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

CCleaner 6.31.11415 improves cleanup. Thsi is not a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

CPU-Z Installer 2.13 adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Cygwin 3.5.5 resolves over a dozen bugs. Thsi si not a security update.
https://cygwin.com/

DesktopOK 11.51 updates definition file options and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

dnGrep 4.2.121.0 updates libraries and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

ESEDatabaseView 1.76 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ese_database_view.html

FileLocator Pro 2022.3503 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/download

Fing 3.8.0 improves Network Insights feature and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fing.com/products/fing-desktop-download-windows

GoodSync 12.8.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

HWiNFO 8.20 improves hardware support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

LessMSI 2.4.0 adds xo option to extract and overwrite. This is not a security update.
https://lessmsi.activescott.com/

NTLite 2025.01.10258 updates Windows 11 24H2 support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

Open-Shell 4.4.195 improves Windows 11 24H2 support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

PingInfoView 3.20 adds dark background support and alternating row colors. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multiple_ping_tool.html

PointerStick 6.46 adds a new pointer option and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/PointerStick

PowerToys 0.87.1 improves stability and resolves issues in many of the included tools. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/latest

PSAppDeploy 4.0.4 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

TeamViewer 15.61.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.teamviewer.com/en-us/download/windows/

WifiInfoView 2.96 updates the internal MAC database. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

WinScan2PDF 9.19 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

ZoomIt 9.0 adds live draw support. This is not a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Android Studio 2024.2.2.13 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

GDevelop 5.5.221 improves 3D physics tracking and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

GitHub Desktop 3.4.12 resolves a merge bug. This is not a security update.
https://desktop.github.com/

Inno Setup 6.4.0 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php

Node.js 22.13.0 updates dependencies and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 23.6.0 updates dependencies and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

SQLite 3.48.0 adds several new features, syntax support, and performance and memory improvements. This is not a security update.
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

Visual Studio Code 1.96.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

Web Package Updates

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

Grocy 4.3.0 improves stock management, grouping, recipes, userfields, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/grocy/grocy

HumHub 1.17.0 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.humhub.com/en

Joomla 5.2.3 is a security update.
https://www.joomla.org/

OpenCart 4.1.0.0 makes over six hundred changes and updates libraries. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.opencart.com/

Piwigo 15.3.0 resolves a stability bug. This is not a security update.
https://piwigo.org/

Autoptimize 3.1.13 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/autoptimize/

Contact Form 7 6.0.3 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Sucuri Security 1.9.7 adds CSP reporting header support. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sucuri-scanner/

Theme My Login 7.1.10 resolves several bugs, including a nonce issue. This should be treated as a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-my-login/

WP Cerber Security 9.6.5 removes dependency on wordpress.org, adds several new widgets and improves role support. This is not a security update.
https://wpcerber.com/

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

Regards,

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