Updates 2025-03-11

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 2024-12-10

Merry Christmas, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for December, 2024.

I recommend waiting one more month before upgrading to Windows 11 24H2 or macOS 15/Sequoia.

Windows 10 will be end-of-life in only 10 months. 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 10 months of support left and by April it will be challenging to find a good and inexpensive replacement computer that will be supported for Windows 11. Christmas sales are on now. There’s not going to be any better time in the next year.

There were 730+ major hacks, and over 270 application updates this month. It’s a small month with about 2.0 GB of updates for most users.

This Month in Technology

.NET, 1547 Critical Systems Realty, 2014-2021 Mazda infotainment system, 3M, 4QuartersIT, 7-Zip, A & L Auto Recyclers, A&O IT Group, A-1 Mobile Lock & Key, ABC Group, Aberdeen, Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc, ACao.org, Ace Laboratories Limited, Adams Homes, Adobe InDesign, ADT Freight Services Australia Pty Lt, Advanced Chemical Industries, Advantech’s EKI-6333AC series wireless access points, AdventHealth, AEAT, Aeris Energy, AHN, Ahold Delhaize, Airbnb, Albazaar, Albertsons, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, All Construction Group WV, Allegheny Contract, Allegheny Millwork & Lumber, Alliance Industries, LLC, Alliance Sports Group, ALLTUB Group, Alna-Bioscience, Alpine Ear Nose & Throat, Amazon, American Addiction Centers, Inc, American Associated Pharmacies, AMGtime, Amherstburg Family Health, Anderson Miller LTD, Andrew Tate’s The Real World, Anex Baby, Anna Jacques Hospital, AnnieMac Home Mortgage, Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Tomcat, Aperion Care Marseilles, LLC, Apple iOS, Apple iPadOS, Apple macOS, Apple Pay, Apple Safari, Apple visionOS, Applied Materials, Arc Community Services Inc, Ardon Health, LLC, Array Networks SSL VPN, Arrowe Park Hospital, Artistic Family Dental, Artivion, Asaro Dental Aesthetics, Ascend Packaging Systems, ASM Global, Aspen Healthcare Services, AT&T, ATD-American, Athens County Bd of Dev Disabilities, Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, Atrium Health, Auchan, Automation Tool & Die, Avast Anti-Rootkit, Avico Spice, Axpr Valve Science, BackChecked, LLC, Barneek Safety Consultancies, BBS Financial Services, LLC, BBVA Bank, Beach Guide, Bedminster School, Bells Tax Service, Bendheim, Berexco LLC, Bergeron LLC, Berkshire Nursing & Rehab Center, LLC, BIC, Billaud Segeba, Bio-Clima Service Srl, Birdair, Bishop Ireton High School, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Black Creek Community Health Centre, Blue Yonder, BluMed Health, BMW Chile, Bob’s Discount Furniture, Boksha, Bologna Football Club 1909, Bolton Walk-In Clinic, Bonpoint, Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, PC, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Brazilian databases, Bridge Valley Community & Technical College, Bristol-Myers Squibb, British Army, Brodsky Renehan Pearlstein & Bouquet, Brueck Golosow Kim & Associates, BT Group, Buddy Loan, Bulbrite Industries, Burkburnett Independent School District, Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor, Business Systems House FZ-LLC, Buyoplace, Cabot Financial, Calgary’s Fueling Brains Academy, Calibrated Healthcare, LLC, CalSTRS, Campinas City Government, Canada Post, Cardinal Health, Cardiology Associates of Mobile, Cargill, Carnegie Hill Imaging for Women, Carnegie Women’s Health, CarSwitch.com, Cate Equipment, CC Senior Services, CelPlan Technologies, Central Bank of Uganda, Central Group, Centrex, Chanas Assurances SA, Charles Schwab, ChatGPT, Chema Per, Chemonics, Cherry Hill School District, CHS Plumbing, Cian.ru, Cipla, Cisco, Citadel of Northbrook, Citrix’s Session Recording Manager, City National Bank, City of Coppell, CK Power Public Manufacturing, Claro, Clipper DEX, Closelly, Club Fit Software, CMC Construction Material, CNHW Landscape Design, Ltd, CO-VER Power Technology SpA, Colombian Government, Colonial Behavioral Health, Colwell Colour, Complete Control, Complete Recycling Services, Compra LTD Aruba, Concord Orthopaedics, Conlin’s Pharmacy, Connecticut GI, Consumers Builders Supply, Contrack Facilities Management, Coppell, TX, Corman Leigh, Costa Rica’s RECOPE, Cottles Asphalt Maintenance Inc, CP Construplan, CPanel, Crate & Barrel, Cundinamarca Colombia, CURVC Corp, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Darlington EMS, Dassault Systèmes eDrawings Viewer, Data Campos Sistemas, Datamaxx Applied Technologies, Datron World Communications, David’s Bridal, Dell India, Delmar International, Deloitte UK, Delta Air Lines, Delta Dental, DeltaPrime, DemandScience, Dennis Kirk, Destatis, Deutsche Industrie VideoSystem, Dewan Farooque Motors Limited, DFA NY, Diamond Brand Gear, DieTech North America, Dillons, DIRSAPOL, Django, DMF Lighting, DMM Bitcoin, DocuSign, Dohman, Akerlund & Eddy, Dolton Nursing & Rehab, LLC, Dome Construction Corporation, Dominican Republic, Don’s Mobile Glass, Dorner Law & Title Services, Down East Granite, Dragon Capital, Drupal, Dumont Printing, Eagle Bank, Eassy Life, East Central Missouri Behavioral Health Services, Inc, East Paris Internal Medicine Associates, Eastgate Auto, EazyDiner, ECBM, Ecobank Ghana, Edizionidottrinari.it, Edwardsburg Schools Foundation, El Dorado Stores and Supermarkets, El Dorado Union High School District, Electrica, Empower Settlement Services, Empowerers, Emserpa, ENGlobal, Enso Counseling Group, PLLC, EP:Schuller, Epic Games Launcher, Equentis Wealth, Equinox Inc, ESHA, Inc, Evening Post Publishing Inc, Everything Breaks, Express Employment Professionals, Familylinks Inc, Fancy Foods, Farmers Insurance, Feronow, FF Steel, Fidelity Investments, Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, Finastra, Find Great People1, Finsure, Firmenich, Fleet Equipment Center, FlipaClip, Followup CRM, Ford, Fortinet VPN servers, Fortinet’s FortiClient Windows VPN, Fred Meyer, Fuji Electric Monitouch V-SFT, Fujian Provincial Government, Fuju Electric Tellus Lite V-Simulator, FunkLocker, Fylde Coast Academy Trust, G Adventures Inc, G DATA Total Security, Gallos MetalSolutions Inc, Gastroenterology Associates of Fairfield, Gazprombank, GC Custom Metal Fabrication, GeoVision devices, Giggle Finance, Globe Telecom, GMG, GoCast, GoCloud Router, Godot game engine, Goethe University Frankfurt, GoFormz, Goldsmith & Hull, Goodwill North Central Texas, Google Pay, Gough Construction, Grand Forks Public Schools, Grandview School District, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Great Star Tools USA, Gregory Poole, Gruber Tool & Die, Guard1, Gulf Energy Maritime, Gulf Petrochemical Services & Trading, H2OBX Waterpark, Hackus Mail Checker, Hadwins Volkswagen, Hager Group, Harel Insurance, HDFC Life Insurance, HealthFund Solutions, Henderson Stamping & Production, Highland Park ISD, Hillandale Farms, Hive Power Engineering, HM Environmental Services, Hoboken, NJ, Hogan Mfg, Holstrom, Block & Parke APLC, Horsa, Hosting.co.uk, Hotels.co.il, Houston Housing Authority, HP, HPE Insight, HSBC, Hugging Face Transformers, Hypertype, I-O Data routers, IAС, IFA Paris, IGT, iLearningEngines, Immobilière Essaouira, Indian Government Volunteer Database, IndicaOnline, Instinct Pet Food, Intel Computing Improvement Program, Intel Driver & Support Assistant, InterCon Construction, IPE Engwicht, IrfanView, Irr Supply Centers, Island Photo, Israel’s Ministry of National Security, IT Networks, ITO EN, Ivanhoe Club, Ivanti Avalanche, Ivanti Endpoint Manager, Ivanti Secure Access Client Pulse Secure, IVC Technologies, James H Maloy, Jefferson Dental Center, Inc, Jergens Piping, Jewel-Osco, JF Zengyoren, Jones & Mayer, Jones Lang LaSalle, JTEKT North America, Jupyter servers, K-State College of Veterinary Medicine, Karl Malone Toyota, Kash Patel’s Emails, Kashin App, KCI Aviation, Keable & Brown, Keesal, Young & Logan, Keizer’s Collision CSN & Automotive, Kela Health, Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC, Kelowna Springs, Kenmore, Kennedy Funding, Kenwood DMX958XR, Kingswood Park, Kmart Australia, Kroger, KTBS Law LLP, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, LA Financial Federal Credit Union, LA LUCKY Brand, Laboratory Services Cooperative, Ladies.com, Lazz Hotel, LBCO Contracting LTD, LCPtracker, Inc, Lebak Regency, Leidos, LenelS2, Lenovo, LePoint.fr, LevelOne WBR-6012, Levicoff Law Firm, PC, Liberty Endo, Liberty First Credit Union, Lima Puluh Kota Regency, LINDOSTAR, LinkedIn, Linux nftables, LiquiTech, Live Aquaria, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, LIXIL, LLama Factory, Lottie-Player, Lotus Concepts Management, LTI Trucking Services, Lubbock County Hospital District, Lucid Corp, Luka Rijeka, Luxion KeyShot, macOS, Madison Home, Magguilli Law Firm, Mantinga, Marine Stores Guide, Marketing Incentives, Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services, Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates, Matlock Security Services, MATRIX, Max Trans, Maxar Space Systems, Maxeon, Maxus Group, MC Technologies MC LR Router, McDonald’s, McKibbin, McLean Mortgage, McLeod Russel India, MDLand International, MediBoard, Medical Board of California, Medical Technology Industries, Inc, Members Trust Company, MetLife, Metroline, Mexican Government, Microlise, Microsoft 365 Admin Portal, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Power Pages, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft Windows, Mid-Ohio Psychological Services, Midland Tool, Miller & Smith, Minneapolis Parks, Minuteman Press, Misionero Vegetables, Mitel MiCollab, Mizuno USA, Mobigator Technology Group, Monster Electrical, Moodle, Morehead State University, Morrisons, Mullen Wylie, LLC, Nanosoft, NatAlliance Securities, Nationwide Legal, NCISM NEET, New Age Micro, Newpark Resources, Nicholsons Solicitors, Nokia, Norauto.fr, Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine, Northern Schools and Academy, NTrust, Numocity, NVIDIA UFM, Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Ocean Park Mechanical, OfficeZilla, Oklahoma Medical Center, Omnicom Group, OnePoint Patient Care, OpenWrt, Optical Cable Corporation, Option Care Health, Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, Orange County Pathology Medical Group, Orshan, Spann & Fernandez-Mesa, Orthopedics Rhode Island, Otsego Public Schools, over 2,000 Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc, Oxford Auto Insurance, Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group, Pallet Logistics of America, Palm Facility Services, Pan Gulf Holding, Panda Security Dome, Panzer Solutions LLC, Pastor Real Estate, Patrick Sanders and Company, PC, Pavilion of Bridgeview, PC AfterHours, Pemberton Fabricators, Inc, Pensacola, Perfection Plus Services Inc, Performance Health & Fitness, Peruvian Army Military School, Philippines GCash, Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest Florida, PIH Health, Pincu Barkan, Law Office and Notary, Pine Belt Cars, Pinnacle Claims Management, Pinnacle Plastic Products, Pioneer Urban Land & Infrastructure, PK Mulyo, Planned Parenthood of Montana, PoinCampus, PointClickCare, Polter Finance, Popular Life Insurance, Port of Rijeka, PostgreSQL, Precision Walls, Premier Packaging, Premier Tax Services, Privat Spitex, Programs Improving Public Safety, Progress Kemp LoadMaster, ProjectSend, QNAP, Quality Billing Service, Radiologic Medical Services, PC, Ralphs, RBN Insurance Services, Rclone, RDC, RDS Electric, Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo, RemoteStaff.com.au, Rengo Packaging, REV Engineering, Rex Signature Services, LLC, RiverRestHome, RJM Marketing, Roblox, Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology, Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Royce Corporation, RRCA Accounts Management, RSA Security SecureID, Rush University, S-Zdorovie, Safaricom, Safeway, SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Sainsbury’s, Saint Andrews Bureau, SalonBiz, San Francisco Ballet, Sanford Behavioral Health, Sango Family Dentistry, 240,000 satellite receivers, Schneider Electric, Schuck-Gruppe, SCM GROUP, Sea Level Inc, SEAT SA, SelectBlinds, Senior Dating, Sercomm, Shaw’s, Sheboygan, WI, Ship Services, Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation, Signal Health Washington, Signzy, SILKNET COMPANY, Silver Springs, Silverback Exploration, SK Gas, SKS Bottle & Packaging, SL Data Services, SmartDimensions, Smith’s, Snelling Paper & Sanitation, Solana JavaScript SDK, South Africa’s CSIR, South West Family Medicine Associates, Southern Oregon Veterinary Specialty Center, Specialty Bolt And Screw, Spotify, Spring EQ LLC, Sri Lanka Meteorological Department, SRP Federal Credit Union, SSGMCE, SSV Blockchain Network, Stalcop Metal Forming LLC, Standard Bank, Standard Calibrations, Star Shuttle Inc, Starbucks, Start-Rite, State of Arizona, Stauberstahl, STIIIZY, Surgical Associates, Symantric IT, Sécurité Nationale Systems, T&M Equipment, T-Mobile, Tacoma Engineers, Tamil Nadu GovMail, Tampa State Bank, Targus, TBM Consulting Group, TEAM Software, Tech Electronics, TechGuard, Tennis Canada, Terra Energy, Terrace of Hialeah, Texanscan, Texas Tech, Thala, Thames Water, The 1 Co, The Arbors Operator, LLC, The Mitchell Partnership, The PHOENIX, The Recycler Core, The Tech Interactive, Think Simple, Thunderbird Country Club, TIAA, Tillamook Country Smoker, Tinxy App, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Total Patient Care LLC, Totally Promotional, TourPay App, Town of Whitestown NY Highway Department, Trace3, TravelSale, Travis Pruitt & Associates, Trell.co, Tribelsky, TriHealth Physician Partners, Trimble SketchUp, Trinity Petroleum Management, LLC, Tripura Gramin Bank, True World Holdings LLC, TrueNAS, Trust Seeds, Tully’s Coffee Japan, Turf Paradise, TWRU CPAs & Financial Advisors, U.S. Bank, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Library of Congress, UATF, UBS, Ubuntu Linux, UCC Retrievals, UK England and Wales prisons, Ultralytics YOLO11, UMC Health System, Unilever Brazil, United Bakery Equipment, United Seating and Mobility, UniversalPegasus International, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, URBN, URL-Log-Pass, Uruguay’s Partido Nacional, USA Network, USA2ME, USAID, Valley Planing Mill, Value Dental Center, VBÜ, Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, Ventana Micro Systems, Verizon, Vermilion Parish School System, Veterans Health Administration, VIA Health Partners, Village Pharmacy Group, ViralPitch, Visiting Physician Services of Michigan, Vista Point Mortgage, LLC, VMware vCenter Server, Vogue Homes, Volgograd State Medical University, Vox Printing, VozoHealth, VPS of MI PLLC, VRSEC, VTB Bank, vTech Solution, Walae Cristal, Walsworth Publishing Company, Washington State Court systems, Waters Truck and Tractor, Watsonville Community Hospital, Weld Racing, Wellfleet Group, LLC, West Bank Corp, Western Montana Mental Health Center, Westinghouse, WhatsUp Gold, Wheeler Associates, White Lake Township Hall, Wiley Metal Fabricating, WIN Empresas, Windows Server 2012, Wirral University Teaching Hospital, WolfBox E40, Word Check Sanctions, 500,000 WordPress sites,WordPress CleanTalk plugin, WordPress Really Simple Security/SSL plugin, WordPress WPLMS Learning Management System theme, WPM Pathology Laboratory, Wright Engineers, WTI, X-Cart Automotive, XnView, Xobin, Yakuza Helpline, Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association, York County, Yorozu Corporation, Zabbix, Zane Benefits, Zello, zero5, Zillertal Bier, Zimmerei Buder, Zimmerman & Frachtman PA Law Firm, and Zyloware have reported hacking or compromises this month.

itch.io (blame AI), PopeyeTools, Blue Yonder, Cloudflare, and Microsoft 365 have suffered from outages this month.

Last months updates broke Microsoft Exchange, TLS/SSL, Google Chrome, Windows Store apps, and Excel Add-ins, and force-installed Copilot.

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is pretty small this month. The typical computer should see roughly 2.0 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released 33 updates to address 73 vulnerabilities in GitHub, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Publisher, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Office Word, Remote Desktop Client, DNS Server, Windows Hyper-V, System Center Operations Manager, Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver, Windows Common Log File System Driver, Windows File Explorer, Windows IP Routing Management Snapin, Windows Kernel, Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers, Windows LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS), Windows Message Queuing, Windows Mobile Broadband, Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc, Windows Remote Desktop, Windows Remote Desktop Services, Windows Resilient File System (ReFS), Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), Windows Task Scheduler, Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave, Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service, WmsRepair Service, and MSRT. This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Apple released updates for iOS 17.7.2, iOS 18.1.1, iPadOS 17.7.2, iPadOS 18.1.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1.1, Safari 18.1.1, and visionOS 2.1.1. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install these updates. A reboot is required.

iOS 17.7.2 and 18.1.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 17.7.2 and iPadOS 18.1.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

visionOS 2.1.1 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google Chrome OS LTS 126.0.6478.258 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, 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/
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Driver Updates

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

AMD Adrenalin 24.12.1 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.amd.com/en/support

Intel Driver and Support Assistant 24.6.49.8 is a security update.
https://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect

Samsung DeX 2.4.1.27 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.samsung.com/us/apps/dex/

TP-Link Archer A8 v2.26 230824 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-a8/v2.26/#Firmware

Wacom Driver 6.4.8-2 is 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 1.73.97 is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Firefox 133.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Firefox ESR 128.5.1 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Google Chrome 131.0.6778.108 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Vivaldi 7.0.3495.23 is a security update.
https://vivaldi.com/

Email Updates

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

Spark 3.18.2.93439 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Spark (macOS) 3.18.2.93438 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 128.5.1 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 9.0.1 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

Dropbox 211.4.6008 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

FileZilla Server 1.9.4 resolves a configuration bug and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FreeFileSync 13.9 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

Google Drive 100.0 improves performance on macOS and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

MeshCentral 1.1.35 improves compatibility and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://meshcentral.com/info/downloads.html

Microsoft Teams 1.7.00.30955 improves export and data recall. This is not a security update.
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

Mumble 1.5.735 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mumble.info/

Pocketnet-Core 0.22.8 is a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

Pocketnet-GUI 0.9.103 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

PuTTY 0.82 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

Rclone 1.68.2 is a security update.
https://rclone.org/

Signal 7.35.1 improves hardware compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/windows/

Signal (Android) 7.26.1 adds folders to improve organization. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Syncthing 1.28.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://syncthing.net/

Technitium DNS Server 13.2.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://technitium.com/dns/

Telegram 5.9.0 resolves several bugs including stability and display issues, and adds an affiliate program for bots.
https://telegram.org/

Telegram (Android) 11.4.2 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://telegram.org/apps

WinSCP 6.3.6 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Zoom 6.2.11.50939 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

3tene 4.0.12 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://en.3tene.com/

Bitwig Studio 5.2.7 resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.bitwig.com/download/

Grayjay 269 adds landscape support, network sync, and resolves dozens of bugs. Thsi is not a security update.
https://grayjay.app/index.html

KaraFun Player 3.3.6.72 improves upgrade and import behaviors, support for CDG and community media, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.karafun.com/karaoke-windows/

Plex Desktop 1.105.1.257 does not provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Home Theater 1.68.2.259 does not provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Media Server 1.41.2.9200 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update, but the next build is.
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) 1.21.50.10 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) 1.21.4 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

PS5 2024.111 improves upgrade and migration. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/

Steam 2024.12.04 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110

Office Updates

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

Aronium 1.44.0.1 resolves several bugs and improves internationalization. This is not a security update.
https://aronium.com/

Adobe Acrobat 24.005.20320, 24.001.30225 and 20.005.30748 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-92.html

Adobe Acrobat Reader 24.005.20320 and 20.005.30748 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-92.html

Adobe After Effects 24.6.3 and 25.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb24-95.html

Adobe Animate 23.0.9 and 24.0.6 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb24-96.html

Adobe Bridge 14.1.4 and 15.0.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb24-103.html

Adobe Connect 11.4.9 and 12.7 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/connect/apsb24-99.html

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.22 and 2024.11 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb24-69.html

Adobe FrameMaker 2020.7 and 2022.5 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb24-106.html

Adobe Illustrator 28.7.3 and 29.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb24-94.html

Adobe InDesign 19.5.1 and 20.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb24-97.html

Adobe Media Encoder 24.6.4 and 25.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb24-93.html

Adobe PDFL SDK 21.0.0.7 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/pdfl-sdk1/apsb24-98.html

Adobe Photoshop 26.1 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb24-101.html

Adobe Premiere Pro 24.6.3 and 25.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb24-104.html

Adobe Substance 3D Modeler 1.15.0 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-modeler/apsb24-102.html

Adobe Substance 3D Painter 10.1.2 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb24-105.html

Adobe Substance 3D Sampler 4.5.2 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-sampler/apsb24-100.html

Blender 4.3 resolves hundreds of bugs and improves hardware performance and compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.blender.org/download/

Calibre 7.22.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

InDesign 19.5.1 and 20.0.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb24-91.html

Kindle for PC 2.6.70964 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.amazon.com/kindleforpc

LibreOffice Fresh 24.8.3 resolves over 80 bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Manager 24.12.9.1973 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.manager.io/

Nextcloud Desktop 3.15.0 resolves dozens of bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Notepad++ 8.7.4 adds tab pinning and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Paint.net 5.1.1 resolves dozens of bugs and updates libraries. This a security update.
https://www.getpaint.net/

PDF-XChange Editor 10.4.4.392 is a security update.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

QuickBooks Pro 2022 R18_32.1 adds filtering by prepayments in customer report. This is not a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

QuickBooks Pro 2023 R14_60 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

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 130.0.6723.126 is a security update.
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable%20updates+ChromeOS

elementary OS 8.0 is a major update adding session management containers, improved permission controls, Flatpack support out of the box, and expanded hardware support. This is not a security update.
https://elementary.io/

iOS 18.1.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

iPadOS 18.1.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

macOS 15.1.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201541

Tails 6.10 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.

.NET Runtime 9.0.0 is a major update. This is a security update.
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

FSS 2024.11.26 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/farbar-service-scanner/dl/62/

Gpg4win 4.4.0 resolves dozens of bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.gpg4win.org/download.html

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware 5.2.3.156 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/

ProtonVPN 3.4.3 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/win-app/releases/latest

SanDisk PrivateAccess 6.4.12.0 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/48025

Stinger 13.0.0.234 is a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

SuperAntiSpyware 10.0.1270 adds support for several new browsers and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

uBlock Origin 1.61.2 resolves a couple 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.

Open Broadcaster Software 31.0.0 is a major update. This version adds several integrations, updates libraries and resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://obsproject.com/

SnagIt 24.3.0 adds rounded corners, improves PDF export support, and resolves a couple 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 13.0.3.1 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

HandBrake 1.9.0 improves hardware support and new encoding capabilities. This is not a security update.
https://handbrake.fr/

IsoBuster 5.5 adds support for new formats, new extension behavior, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.isobuster.com/download.php

StreamFab 6.2.0.8 adds support for several new sources and resolves compatibility issues with a dozen others. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 2.0.3.8 improves stabilization, upscaling and performance. 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 7.0.11 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 8.10.54 resolves a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/windows/

7-Zip 24.09 increases default dictionary sizes and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.7-zip.org/

Agent Ransack 2022.3499 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download/

BatteryInfoView 1.26 adds option to sort log on each update and a 64-bit version. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/battery_information_view.html

Beyond Compare 5.0.4.30422 resolves several bugs and improves skew and other controls. This is not a security update.
https://www.scootersoftware.com/download

Bitwarden 2024.11.2 doesn’t provide a detailed change log for this versions so should be treated as a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

CCleaner 6.30.11385 improves cleaning of cloud services and some browsers and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

DesktopOK 11.47 is a cosmetic change. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

dnGrep 4.2.113.0 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

email-oauth2-proxy 2024-11-11 adds support for OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy

Fido 1.64 adds support for UEFI Shell 24H2 and a PlatformArch switch. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/pbatard/Fido/releases

FileLocator Pro 2022.3499 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/download

FoneTool 2.9.3 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fonetool.com/download.html

GoodSync 12.7.9 improves OAuth2 support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

grepWin 2.1.7 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin/releases/latest

GSmartControl 2.0.1 resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/

Homedale 2.14 changes cosmetics. This is not a security update.
https://www.the-sz.com/products/homedale/

IsMyHdOK 4.14 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/IsMyHdOK

HWiNFO 8.16 improves hardware detection and support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

Memtest86+ 7.20 adds support for newer hardware and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.memtest.org/

NTLite 2024.12.10210 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

PropertySystemView 1.21 adds an always on top option. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/windows_property_system_view.html

PSAppDeploy 4.0.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

SearchMyFiles 3.31 resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html

TeamViewer 15.60.3 improves display, device and user filtering, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.teamviewer.com/en-us/download/windows/

WinGet 1.9.25200 adds Sixel support, self-elevation, and resolves a compatibility bug. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest

WinScan2PDF 9.13 adds alternate page rotation support. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

WizTree 4.23 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskanalyzer.com/

XnConvert 1.102.0 adds filelist support. This is a security update.
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Android Studio 2024.2.1.12 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

GDevelop 5.4.219 improves layer support, project templates, and resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

Go 1.23.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://go.dev/

Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable 14.42.34433.0 is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist

Node.js 18.20.5 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 20.18.1 updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 22.12.0 updates root certificates and libraries, and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 23.4.0 updates root certificates and libraries, and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Python 3.13.1 is a security update.
https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

SQLite 3.47.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

TortoiseSVN 1.14.9 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html

Web Package Updates

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

Invision Community 4.7.19 is a security update.
https://invisioncommunity.com/

Joomla 5.2.2 is a security update.
https://www.joomla.org/

Piwigo 15.1.0 is a security update.
https://piwigo.org/

WP Update Server 2.0.2 adds a self-identifying version number. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/YahnisElsts/wp-update-server

WordPress 6.7.1 adds a new primary theme, the ability to add blocks and custom fields, improved style controls, and resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/

Antispam Bee 2.11.7 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/antispam-bee/

BuddyPress 14.3.3 resolves several bugs. Thsi is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/

Contact Form 7 6.0.1 is a major update, adding several new features and bug fixes. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Duplicator 1.5.11.2 adds database collation to table creation. This should be treated as a security update.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/

Redirection 5.5.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/

Widgets on Pages 1.9.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widgets-on-pages/

WPBakery 8.0.1 is a major update. This version improves compatibility, adds a dozen features and controls, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wpbakery.com/

WP Cerber Security 9.6.4 adds 2FA improvements, detailed cookie information, and regex exceptions. 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 2024-11-12

Happy Thanksgiving, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for November, 2024.

Hold the line: do not upgrade to 24H2 yet. There have been quite a few issues. Let everyone else be the guinea pigs.

Windows 10 now has only 11 months of support left. If your computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11 either start planning for a switch to Linux or replacing your computer.

There are critical security updates for all supported Apple products and (as is now the norm) new critical security updates for every browser every single week.

QuickBooks Desktop 2025 will be released later this month, and on November 1st all previous versions of QuickBooks Desktop will be end-of-life (EOL).

Windows Server 2025 has been released. And it’s “accidentally” being force-installed on recent Windows Server builds.

Entrust certificates are being disavowed as soon as today. There have been months to prepare, but this will still kill off about 0.1% of active SSL certificates.

There were 645+ major hacks and over 525 application updates this month.
It’s a huge month, with about 5 GB of updates for most users.

This Month in Technology

1st Credentialing, 1StopBedrooms, 1stUnited Credit Union, 20 Canadian government networks, 5.11, Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union, Absolute Machine Tools, Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc, Accounting Resource Group, Acko.ru, Action Heating & Cooling, Adguard Home, ADT, Advanced Accounting & Business Advisory, Advanced Recovery Equipment & Supplies, AeoTec Smart Home Hub, AEP, Air Specialists Heating & Air Conditioning, Al Ahly SC, Al Fajer School, Alliance Laundry Systems, AlpineReplay, Altenen, Amazon, Ambica Steels, American Mechanical, Inc, American Medical Billing, American River College, American Water, Amourgis & Associates, Android, ANU Enterprise, Apache Mills, Inc, Apache Solr, Apex, Apple iPhone, Apple macOS, Arango Billboard, Arctrade, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Asheville Arthritis Centre, Aspen Healthcare, Astac, Atlantic Coast Consulting Inc, Atlantic Medical Management, ATSG Inc, AudoCAD, Australian Nursing Home Foundation, Aviva Spain, Axis Health System, Ayurvedic Herbs Online, Azure AI, Bahrain government, Banco Sucredito Regional, Barnes Cohen and Sullivan, Bel-Air Bay Club Ltd, Belle Tire, Berling.gr, Berridge Manufacturing Co, Bethalto School District, Birth Choice of San Marcos, Blackburn College, Bliss Worldwide, BNBuilders, Boart Longyear, Boston Children’s Health Physicians, Brandenburger Plumbing, Brazil’s SAIC, BrightStar Care, BSN Sports, Bucharest’s District 5 City Hall, Buenos Aires, Burgess Kilpatrick, Bury Council, UK, BWD Technology, By Design LLC, Byerly Aviation, C & C Industries, Caleb & Brown, Calgary Public Library, California Department of Social Services, Call of Duty, Campus.gov.il, Canon imageCLASS MF656Cdw, Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, Cardiology of Virginia, Carolina Arthritis, CAS Software, Casio, Cathexis Holdings LP, Center for Urban Community Services, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, Central Tickets, Centreon, CGR Technologies, Cheasapeake Regional Information System for our Patients, Inc, Chicago Cardiology Institute, Children’s Health Ireland, Chimienti & Associates, CIIT Wah, Cisco DevHub, City of Sheboygan, CLAS Information Services, Clay Platte Family Medicine, Clayton Properties Group, Clear Connection, ClickFix, Club Vélez Sarsfield, College of Business – Tanzania, Columbus, OH, Comcast, Community Day School, Community Dental in Portland, Compex Legal Services Inc, Compound, Continental Casualty Company, CoPilot, Cordogan Clark and Associates, Cornerstone Healthcare Group Management Services LLC, Corporate Job Bank, Costa Del Sol Hotels, Cottonwood Union School District, Country Club El Bosque, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, CreaGen Inc, CreditRiskMonitor, Crypto Vеnturе Cаpitаl, CSU Contracting, Cucamonga Valley Water District, CUSO Financial Services, LP, CyberPanel, D-Link routers, Dana Safety Supply, De Rose Lawyers, Delfin Design & Manufacturing, Delta Electronics CNCSoft-G2, Delta Electronics DIAScreen, Delta Electronics InfraSuite, Dennis Kirk, Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Malaysia), Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network, Devtron, DieTech North America, Dietzgen Corporation, digiDirect, Diligent Delivery Systems, Directorate for Combating Organised Crime, Disney World, DMEScripts, Doctors Regional Cancer Center, DoctorsToYou, DocuSign, Dohman, Akerlund & Eddy, Dome Construction, Doscast, DR Butler and Associates, Dr.Web, Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service, Dstat.cc, Dudley Council, UK, Eagle Industries, Eagle Recovery Associates, Earth 2, Easterseals, EasyPay, Ecovacs, EIGEN Holdings, Elections Nova Scotia, Embody Performance & Recovery, Empower Management Group, English Construction Company, Epicor Software Corporation, Equalize, Equator Worldwide, Ericsson codechecker, ESET, European External Action Service, Evergreen Public Schools, Exeter City Council, Eye Clinic Surgicenter, Fair Vote Canada, Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Falo, Family Medical Center in Mount Airy, Federal Board of Revenue (Pakistan), Fidelity Investments, Firefox, First Nations Health Authority, Fiskars, Fitzgerald, DePietro & Wojnas, FloridaCentral, Floyd County Public Schools, Followmont TransportPty, Food Sciences Corporation, Form I-9 Compliance, Fortinet FortiManager, Fortis, Fractal ID, France’s Ministry of Labour and Employment, Free (ISP), Freedom Home Care, Fromm, Funadmin, Funlab, Fylde Coast Academy Trust, Game Freak, Gandara Mental Health Center, General Physician, PC, German Chamber of Commerce, GitLab, Globe Life, Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyers, Google Scholar, Goshen Central School District, Grafana, Granite School District, Gryphon Healthcare, GSR Andrade Architects, Guardian Healthcare, H&R Block Canada, Hafetz and Associates, Harris Personal Injury, Hawaii State Judiciary, Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Healthcare Management Systems, Healthfund Solutions, Hemel Hempstead Council, UK, Henry County Schools, Henry Schein, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba OS, Holistix Treatment Center, Hope Valley Recovery, Hot Topic, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, Houston Housing Authority, Howell Electric Inc, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 3301fdw, Hyundai, IBM Security Verify, Icedrive, IdeaLab, iFocus Consulting, Illumin8 Global, IM Cannabis, Immuno Laboratories, IMPAXX, InCare Technologies, Indian government email, India’s COVID-19 tracking platform, Indonesia’s E-Visa System, Infosys McCamish Systems LLC, Inner City Education Foundation, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), Interbank, Interbel, International University of Sarajevo, Internet Archive (three times!), Intesa Sanpaolo Bank of Italy, IrfanView, Iron World Manufacturing, Israeli Ministry of National Security, Israeli Ministry of Welfare, Ivanhoe Club, Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA), Jacksonville Children’s Multispecialty Clinics, Jardine Aviation Services, Jillamy, Johnson & Johnson, Jomar Electrical Contractors, Jordan Ministry of Education, Jordan Public Schools, JS McCarthy Printers, Justice.fr, K&S Tool & Mfg Co, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Kansas City Hospice, Karman Inc, KEE Process, Kenana Sugar Company, KMC Controls, Knox Law Center, Konecta Group, Kubernetes Image Builder, Kuhn and Associates, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, L & B Transport, LLC, La Tazza D’oro, Lampard Community School, Landmark Admin, Laravel Reverb, Law Office of Omar O Vargas, Legacy Treatment Services, Lein Law Offices, Levales Solicitors LLP, LevelOne WBR-6012, Lexco, Lexmark CX331adwe, LG Electronics, LifeMine, Lincoln University, Linux Kernel, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, Lorex cameras, Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge, LottieFiles Lotti-Player, Luxwood Software Tools, Magento Open Source, Mainelli Mechanical Contractors, Marisa SA, Maval Industries, Maxxis International, Mazda Connect Connectivity Master Unit (CMU), McElroy, Quirk & Burch, APC, McMillan Electric Company, MCNA Dental, MedElite Group, Memorial Hospital and Manor, GA, Mercury Theatre, Meshworks, Metawin, MiCare Health Center, Michael J Gurfinkel, Microlise, Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft SharePoint, Mid State Electric, Middlesborough Council, UK, Minuteman Senior Services (MSS), MiPC Mexico, MIT Technology Review, Mixfame, Mizuno USA, MMI Services, Inc, MMP Union, Model Die & Mold, Moldova’s parliamentary email servers, MoneyGram, Moodle, Mozilla Firefox, Mr. Winter Wheels, Muah.AI, Muskogee City County Enhanced 911 Trust Authority, MVES, MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc, MySQL Connector/Python, Mystic Valley Elder Services, Nagoya Stock Exchange, NARSTCO, National Financial Services, National Institute of Administration, Native Village of Eyak Ilanka Community Health Center, Navarra & Marzano, Neighbors Credit Union, New Law, New York Plastic Surgery, Newpark Resources, Nidec Precision, Niko Resources Ltd, Nikon NEF, NoBroker, Noida Metro, Nokia, Nor-Well, Northeast Professional Caregivers, Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine, NVIDIA Container Toolkit, NVIDIA GeForce, NVIDIA Onyx, NW Health Porter, Okta, Ollama AI, OMA, Omni, OnePoint Patient Care, Open Range Field Services, Opera Browser, Oracle VirtualBox, ORBCOMM, Orbit Software, Inc, Oregon Department of Corrections, ORM Fertility, Orthopedics Rhode Island, OrthopedicsNY, Osmedeus Web Server, Ottawa Valley Handrailing Company, Over a thousand online shops, OwlTing, OxyHealth, OzarksGo, Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group, PAJ GPS, Palm Hills Developments, Palmisano & Goodman, PA, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, Panda Security Dome, Paragon Plastics, Parkland Health, Parnell Defense, Paul White Company, PayDo, Paystack, pCloud, Peoria Lawyers, Petropolis Pet Resort, Pheim Unit Trusts Berhad, Philadelphia Macaroni, Philips Smart Lighting, Phoenix Contact EV chargers, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center, Planned Parenthood of Montana, PlayBoy, Portsmouth City Council, UK, Positive Business Solutions, Postcard Mania, PostHog, Potomac Medical Aesthetics, PRC-Saltillo, Precision Steel Services, Preferred Travel Group, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, PrestaShop, PriceBlink, Professional Probation Services, Promise Technology, Inc, Protective Industrial Products, PT Haleyora Power, PTZOptics cameras, Pureflow Airdog, qBittorrent, QEMU, QNAP QHora-322, QNAP TS-464, QNQB, Qualcomm chips, Quest Diagnostics Inc, Racing Forensics Inc, Radiant Capital, Radisson’s Country Inn and Suites, Raeyco Lab Equipment, Raimondo Pettit Group, Rancher, RANEPA University, RDC Control Ltd, Redwood Coast Regional Center, Regional Government of Ica, ReliaQuest, RENIEC, Rhode Island Orthopedic Practice, Ridgewood Public School District, Rim Country Health and Rehabilitation, Riverview Health, Rockstar Games, Rockwool, Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology, Rosen Legal, Roundcube Webmail, Royal Thai Police, RRCA Accounts Management, Inc, Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Russell Law Firm, LLC, Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian State TV VGTRK, S & W Kitchens, Sage Automotive Interior, Saint Xavier University, SalesGig, Salford Council, UK, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S24, San Joaquin County Superior Court, Sanglier Limited, Sango Family Dentistry, Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital, Saratoga Liquor, Save Mart Supermarkets, LLC, Schneider Electric, Schneider Electric EcoStruxure, Schneider Electric Zelio Soft 2, Schreck Financial Group, Schweiger Transport, Scullion LAW, Seafile, Sector 5, Bucharest, SelectBlinds, SEP, Set Forth, Inc, Seven Counties Services, Shareholders in Hong Kong, Sit & Sleep, Smart Media Group Bulgaria, SmartSource, Smeg, Smile Design Management, Smiles in the Pines, Smitty’s Supply, Smoker’s Choice, Solairus Aviation, LLC, SolarWinds Web Help Desk, Soliant Health, SonicWall firewalls, Sonoma County Superior Court, Sonos Era 300, Sophos Firewall, South China Athletic Association, South West Family Medicine Associates, South-East Technological University Waterford, Spine by Villamil MD, Spirit Lake Community School District, SRS-Stahl GmbH, St Albans Council, UK, St. Anthony Regional Hospital, Stalker Online, Standard Bank, Star Health Insurance, Stark County Criminal Justice Information Systems, Starkweather and Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Steel Art Signs, Strava, StreamCraft, Strike Bowling, Structural and Steel Products, Sumitomo, Summit Pathology and Summit Pathology Laboratories, Inc, Sunrise Express, Suntrust Properties, Superior Quality Insurance Agency, Supply Technologies, Surfnet Communications, Survival Flight, Inc, SVP Worldwide, Swalekha.in, Switch, Symetra Life Insurance Company, Symfony, Sync, Synology BeeStation, Synology DiskStation, Synology TC500, Systems Application & Technologies Inc, T-Space, Tameside Council, UK, TargetMaps, TaxPros of Clermont, TDM Technical Services, TEAM Software, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Spine Consultants, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, The Club Penguin Experience, The Getz Group, The Knesset, The Law Offices of Jed Silverman, The Nolan Financial Group, The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center, PA, The Povman Law Firm, The Strainrite Companies, Therabel Lucien Pharma SAS, TheraCom, ThinkPHP, Thompson Coburn, Tiketek, TNAFlix, Toro Enterprises, Inc, Totally Promotional, Tower Clock Eye Center, TrackMan, Trafford Council, UK, Transak, Trend Micro Cloud Edge, Trend Micro Deep Security, Tresorit, Tri-City Healthcare District, Tri-City Medical Center, Tricon Energy, Trimarc Financial, Trimble SketchUp, True World Group, TrueNAS Mini X, TrueNAS X, Truist Bank, TU Parks, Tungsten Automation Power PDF, TV Guide Magazine, Ubiquiti AI Bullet, UK Ambulance Services, UK Biobank, Ultra Tune, United Sleep Diagnostics, Universal Companies, Universal Health Corporation, Universal Music Group, University Medical Center, University of California, Unlimited Lawn Care, US Customs and Border Protection, Uttarakhand State Data Center, Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers, Value City NJ, Van Wagner Group, LLC, Varsity Brands, VasTopUp, Venezuelan Government, VeriSource Services, Inc, Verizon Wireless, Vermilion Parish Schools, VimeWorld, Visionworks of America, Inc, VMware HCX, VMware vCenter Server, Volkswagen, Volta River Authority, Wacom Center, Washington courts, Wayne County, Webb Institute, Weber Packaging, Weiser Memorial Hospital, Well Chip Group, Wellfleet Group, Wells Fargo, Western Sydney University, Westwood Country Club, Wetherby Town Council, Wexford County, WhatsUp Gold, Whitaker Construction Group, Wichita County, Wilson & Lafleur, Wilson Tarquin, WimCoCorp, Windows Driver Signature, Windows Themes, Winestyle, Winnebago Public School Foundation, WordPress Jetpack, WordPress LiteSpeed Cache, X.Org Server, Youngs Timber Builders Merchants, Z-lib, Zalo.vn, Zamalek Club, Zendesk, ZicroDATA, Zierick Manufacturing Corporation, and Zimbra GraphQL have reported hacking or compromises this month.

Calgary Public Library, DHL, Microsoft, Serco, and The Internet Archive have suffered from outages this month.

Last months updates broke Microsoft 365 Outlook, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft’s “New” Outlook, OpenSSH on Windows Server, Windows 10, and Windows Remote Desktop.

Never again use a third-party charging cord. Treat your USB ports with more concern.

Half of US county websites can be spoofed.

iPhones will now force restart after idle in order to reencrypt data.

Now for the good news:

The Mozilla Foundation has finally dropped their advocacy division. Unfortunately, they’ll be rolling it into their other programs. It still could mean that tech companies might actually start prioritizing their tech instead of politics or other agendas.

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is huge this month. The typical computer should see roughly 5 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released 98 updates to address 88 vulnerabilities in .NET and Visual Studio, airlift.microsoft.com, Azure CycleCloud, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, LightGBM, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft PC Manager, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX), Microsoft Virtual Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows DNS, Microsoft Windows VMSwitch, TorchGeo, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, Windows Active Directory Certificate Services, Windows CSC Service, Windows Defender Application Control, Windows DNS, Windows DWM Core Library, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Kerberos, Windows Kernel, Windows NT OS Kernel, Windows NTLM, Windows Package Library Manager, Windows Registry, Windows Secure Kernel Mode, Windows SMB, Windows SMBv3 Client/Server, Windows Telephony Service, Windows Update Stack, Windows USB Video Driver, Windows VMSwitch, Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem, Winlogon, and MSRT. This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Oracle released 334 security updates this quarter to address vulnerabilities in 109 applications and service.

Apple released updates for iOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 17.7.1, iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, Safari 18.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, and watchOS 11.1. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install these updates. A reboot is required.

iOS 17.7.1 and 18.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 17.7.1 and 18.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

watchOS 11.1 is a security update. Use the Watch app on your iPhone to install the most current version.

tvOS 18.1 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

visionOS 2.1 are security updates. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google Chrome OS 130.0.6723.101 and Google Chrome OS LTS 126.0.6478.257 are security updates. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Fedora 41-1.4 is a major update, adding many new features, removing unsupported and deprecated tools and applications, and hardening the operating system. This should be treated as 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 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.

AMD Adrenalin 24.10.1 resolves several bugs and improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.amd.com/en/support

Intel Driver and Support Assistant 24.5.40.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect

Nvidia Driver 566.03 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

UniFi AC Professional 6.6.77 resolves several bugs and improves performance, reliability and stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/software/uap-ac-pro

UniFi airMAX NanoStation 5AC Loco 8.7.14 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/software/loco5ac

UniFi Network Server 8.6.9 improves SIEM integration, dozens of improvements and bug fixes. This is a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/releases/network-server

UniFi U6 Professional 6.6.77 resolves several bugs and improves performance, reliability and stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.ui.com/download/software/u6-pro

VIISAN OfficeCam 7.2.4.0 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.viisan.com/en/download/type1.html

Xerox Smart Start 2.1.22.0 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.support.xerox.com/en-us/content/143617

Browser Updates

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

Brave 1.71.123 is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Firefox 132.0.2 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Firefox ESR 128.4.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Google Chrome 130.0.6723.116 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Vivaldi 7.0.3495.6 is a security update.
https://vivaldi.com/

Email Updates

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

ProtonMail (Android) 4.2.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://proton.me/mail/download

Spark 3.17.11.89740 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Spark (macOS) 3.17.12.90683 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 128.4.2 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 (macOS) 8.1.4 improves compatibility and requires re-granting persmissions. This is a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

BrowsingHistoryView 2.59 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/browsing_history_view.html

curl 8.11.0 resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

Dropbox 211.4.6008 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

FileZilla Client 3.68.1 resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FileZilla Server 1.9.4 resolves several bugs, including improved Let’s Encrypt compatibility.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FreeFileSync 13.8 adds SFTP support for IPv6, improves copmatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

Google Drive 99.0 *finally* adds differential uploads, which will save huge amounts of bandwidth for large files with minor changes. This is not a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

MeshCentral 1.1.33 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://meshcentral.com/info/downloads.html

Microsoft Teams 1.7.00.27855 improves BYOD and audio source detection. This is not a security update.
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

Nextcloud Server 30.0.2 resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Omada Software Controller 5.14.32.3 resolves a dozen bugs and improves the GUI. This is not a security update.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/omada-software-controller/

Signal 7.32.0 improves performance, bulk downloads, and adds Call Links. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/

Signal (Android) 7.23.1 adds chat folders. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Syncthing 1.28.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://syncthing.net/

Technitium DNS Server 13.1.1 resolves several bugs and improves protocol support. This is not a security update.
https://technitium.com/dns/

Telegram 5.7.2 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://telegram.org/

Zoom 6.2.7.49583 is a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

3tene 4.0.11 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://en.3tene.com/

Bitwig Studio 5.2.5 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.bitwig.com/download/

iTunes 12.13.4.4 is a security update.
https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

KaraFun Player 3.2.2.56 resolves a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.karafun.com/karaokeplayer/

Plex Desktop 1.104.0.241 now includes an advertising consent popup.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Media Server 1.41.1.9057 improves hardware-encoding for DVR, media support, and metadata. 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) 1.21.44.01 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) 1.21.3 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

Nintendo Switch 19.0.1 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22525/kw/system%20updates/p/989

PS5 2024.101 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/

Steam 2024.11.05 adds Steam Game Recording and resolves dozens of bugs. As of this version Windows 7 and 8 are no longer supported. These end-of-life operating systems can continue to use the prior build (for now). https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110

SteamOS SteamDeck Update 2024.11.06 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 After Effects 24.6.3 & 25.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb24-85.html

Adobe Audition 24.6.3 and 25.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/audition/apsb24-83.html

Adobe Bridge 14.1.3 and 15.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb24-77.html

Adobe Commerce 3.2.6 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb24-90.html

Adobe Illustrator 28.7.2 and 29.0.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb24-87.html

Adobe InDesign 18.5.3, 18.5.4 and 20.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb24-88.html

Adobe Photoshop 24.7.4 and 25.12 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb24-89.html

Adobe Reader DC 24.004.20243 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://get.adobe.com/reader

Adobe Substance 3D Painter 10.1.1 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb24-86.html

Audacity 3.7.0 resolves more than a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

Blender 4.2.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.blender.org/download/

Calibre 7.21.0 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

Columns++ 1.1.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/Coises/ColumnsPlusPlus

Inkscape 1.4 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://inkscape.org/release/

Kdenlive 24.08.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://kdenlive.org/

LibreOffice 24.2.7 resolves over 50 bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Manager 24.11.11.1937 resolves several bugs and improves inventory support. This is not a security update.
https://www.manager.io/

Nextcloud Desktop 3.14.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Notepad++ 8.7.1 resolves a couple bugs. This is a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

PDF-XChange Editor 10.4.3.391 resolves almost a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

QuickBooks Pro 2022 20240726-R17_41 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

QuickBooks Pro 2023 20240726-R14_49 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

Operating System Updates

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

Google Chrome OS 130.0.6723.101 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Fedora 41-1.4 is a major update, adding many new features, removing unsupported and deprecated tools and applications, and hardening the operating system. This should be treated as a security update.
https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/

iOS 18.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

iPadOS 18.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204204

macOS 15.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201541

Tails 6.9 is a security update.
https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html

tvOS 18.1 is a security update.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT202716

watchOS 11.1 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 2.10.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/countercept/chainsaw

FRST 2024.11.12 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/farbar-recovery-scan-tool/dl/82/

FSS 2024.10.30 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/farbar-service-scanner/dl/62/

HTTP Toolkit 1.19.1 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://httptoolkit.tech/

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware 5.2.1.144 resolves several bugs and hardens security controls. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/

OpenSSL 3.4.0 is a security update.
https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html

ProtonVPN (macOS) 4.5.0 improves WireGuard connectivity and improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://protonvpn.com/download

RogueKiller 15.19.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/

Stinger 13.0.0.215 adds support for new detections. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

uBlock Origin 1.61.0 resolves over a dozen 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 13.0.3.0 adds support for new encodings. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

PDF Creator 5.3.2 resolves several bugs and updates libraries. This is a security update.
https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator

StreamFab 6.2.0.4 adds support for new sources and resolves several bugs.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 2.0.3.7 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 7.0.9 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 8.10.52 resolves a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/downloads/windows/

AppResourcesUsageView 1.06 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/app_resources_usage_view.html

balenaEtcher 1.19.25 updates SDK. This is not a security update.
https://etcher.balena.io/

Beyond Compare 5.0.3.30258 improves shell menu, updates libraries and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.scootersoftware.com/download

Bitwarden 2024.10.4 resolves several bugs and improves auth methods and recovery. This is not a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

CCleaner 6.29.11342 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

CPU-Z Installer 2.12 adds support for newer hardware. This is not a security update.
https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Dell OS Recovery Tool 2.4.1.2181 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukbsdt1/drivers/osiso/recoverytool

DesktopOK 11.45 improves configuration and language files. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

dnGrep 4.2.95.0 resolves several bugs and updates libraries. This is a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

email-oauth2-proxy 2024-11-11 improves compatibility and adds a couple new features. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy

ESEDatabaseView 1.75 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ese_database_view.html

Etcher 1.19.25 updates SDK. This is not a security update.
https://www.balena.io/etcher/

ExplorerPatcher 22621.4317.67.1 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/

Fing 3.7.2 improves network insights and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fing.com/products/fing-desktop-download-windows

FoneTool 2.9.2 adds support for iOS 18 and iPhone 16. This is not a security update.
https://www.fonetool.com/download.html

Free Virtual Serial Ports 6.20.00.1466 adds support for virtual script ports and resolves a compatibility bug. This is not a security update.
https://freevirtualserialports.com/

GoodSync & GoodSync2Go 12.7.7 resolves several bugs and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

grepWin 2.1.6 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin/releases/latest

GSmartControl 2.0.0 is a major update, reduces dependencies, improves input/output and scaling support. This is not a security update.
https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/

Homedale 2.14 is a cosmetic change. This is not a security update.
https://www.the-sz.com/products/homedale/

HWiNFO 8.14 adds support for newer hardware, improves output details, and logging. This is not a security update.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

Memtest86+ 7.20 adds support for new hardware and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.memtest.org/

MultiMonitorTool 2.15 improves compatibility and adds monitor position support. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html

NTLite 2024.11.10163 adds support for new components and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

OSForensics 11.0.1015 updates libraries, resolves a crash bug and improves clarity for sparse records. This is not a security update.
https://www.osforensics.com/download.html

osquery 5.14.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://osquery.io/downloads

PowerToys 0.86.0 resolves several bugs and improves Advanced Paste, Workspaces, Mouse Jump and more. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/latest

RoboForm 9.6.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.roboform.com/

Rufus 4.6 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://rufus.ie/en_US/

ScreenConnect 24.3.7.9067 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://screenconnect.connectwise.com/download

Starwind V2V Converter 9.554 adds support for new disk image formats. This is not a security update.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

TeamViewer 15.59.3 adds AI log generation, improved address book, reporting and a dozen bug fixes. This is not a security update.
https://www.teamviewer.com/en-us/download/

WhyNotWin11 2.6.1.1 adds TSV, improved logging, and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11

WifiInfoView 2.95 improves error reporting. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

WinGet 1.9.25180 resolves more than 100 bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest

WinScan2PDF 9.11 improves compatibility and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

WizTree 4.22 adds MTP/PTP device support, improves compatibility, scaling support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskanalyzer.com/

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Android Studio 2024.2.1.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

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

GDevelop 5.4.217 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

GitHub Desktop 3.4.9 resolves several bugs and updates libraries. This is not a security update.
https://desktop.github.com/

Go 1.23.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://go.dev/

Java 8u431 is a security update.
https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable 14.16.27052.0 is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist

Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable 14.29.30156.0 is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist

Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable 14.40.33816.0 is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist

MySQL ConnectorNet 9.1.0 resolves several bugs, including crash bugs. This is not a security update.
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/

Node.js 22.11.0 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 23.2.0 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Redemption 6.6.0.6338 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dimastr.com/redemption/

SQLite 3.47.0 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

TortoiseGit 2.17.0.2 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://tortoisegit.org/

TortoiseSVN 1.14.8 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html

Visual Studio Code 1.95.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

WinMerge 2.16.44 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 7.1.4 resolves several bugs. 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.

Invision Community 4.7.19 is a security update.
https://invisioncommunity.com/

Joomla 5.2.1 is a security update.
https://www.joomla.org/

Piwigo 15.1.0 is a security update.
https://piwigo.org/

Antispam Bee 2.11.7 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/antispam-bee/

BuddyPress 14.2.1 is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/

Contact Form 7 6.0 provides more than a dozen code and feature changes. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Duplicator 1.5.11.2 resolves a charset bug. This should be treated as a security update.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/

Interactive World Map 3.4.8 is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/interactive-world-map/

Sucuri Security 1.9.6 improves reporting and log behavior. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sucuri-scanner/

WordPress Importer 0.8.3 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-importer/

WP Plugin Update Checker 5.5 resolves a couple bugs and improves debug and ZIP support. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker/releases/latest

WPBakery 8.0 adds new features, improves controls, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wpbakery.com/

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

Regards,

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

 

Updates 2023-11-14

Happy Thanksgiving, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for November, 2023. It’s ugly.

This month brings a new version of Windows 11 (v23H2), critical security updates for all supported Apple products, and (literally) new security updates for every browser every single week since the last update cycle on October 10th. That’s on top of the 190+ major hacks, and over 205 application updates this month. Prepare yourself, there will be about 5 GB of updates for most devices this month.

The new Windows Copilot AI feature is now enabled by default in Windows 10 and 11, but can be disabled either in the deep settings or within group policy.

This Month in Technology

1Password, 23andMe, Accenture, Ace Hardware, Advarra, Air Canada, Air Europa, Allen & Overy, Allied Pilots Association, AlohaCare, American Family Insurance, Ampersand, Android 13, AndroidLista, Apache ActiveMQ, Apple Safari, Apple “Find My”, Atlas Healthcare CT, Atlassian Confluence, Avito, BHI Energy Health and Welfare Benefits Plan, BHI Energy I Specialty Services LLC, BHS Physician Network, Inc., Boeing, British Library, Bukalapak, BulletProftLink, Bureau van Dijk, Cadence Bank, Caesars Entertainment, Inc., Casio, CCleaner, Chess, Cisco IOS XE, City of Philadelphia, City of Victorville, California, Clark County School District (CCSD), Colonial Pipeline, Counseling and Recovery Services of Oklahoma, Crum & Forster, D-Link, Dakota Eye Institute, Deer Oaks Behavioral Health, 22 companies overseeing energy infrastructure in Denmark, District of Columbia Board of Elections, DP World Australia, Drug Free Workplaces USA, LLC, Edward C. Taylor, PhD., PL, eleHealth, Ethereum wallet system, European government email servers, F5 BIG-IP, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Financial Asset Management Systems, First Judicial Circuit, Fitmart, Five Guys Enterprises, LLC, Frax Outsourcing, Frazier & Deeter, LLC, Fredericksburg Foot & Ankle Center, PLC, GameSprite, GamingMonk, GPD Holdings LLC (CoinFlip), Grammarly, Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association, Inc., Growers Express, LLC, Grupo GTD, Healthsoft LLC, Helping the Aging Needy and Disabled Inc, Henry Schein, Hill International, Inc, Hospital & Medical Foundation of Paris, Inc, Hospital Sisters Health System, Indian state government, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)…which paid the ransom, International Criminal Court, IPM Healthcare DBA Boomerang Healthcare, Jeffco Public Schools, Juniper devices, Jupyter Notebooks, JustSystems Corporation Ichitaro, Kansas Supreme Court, Kwik Trip, Kyocera AVX Components Corporation (KAVX), La Red Health Center, LastPass, LCS Financial Services, LDLC ASVEL, Lennar Corporation, Life Generations Healthcare LLC, Lobel Financial Corporation, Longhorn Village, macOS, Marina Bay Sands, Mattson Technology, Inc., McLaren Health Care, MemeChat, Microsoft Exchange, Morrison Community Hospital, Mozi IoT Botnet, Mr. Cooper, Napa Integrated Medicine PC, NASCO, NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances, New York Life Insurance Company, Northern Iowa Therapy PC, Okta (again and again), OrthoAlaska, LLC, Oscar Insurance Company of Florida, Pacific Clear Vision Institute, Pacific Union College, Peerstar LLC, Pennsylvania General Store, peplink Surf SOHO, Perry Johnson & Associates, Personify Care, Pharmacy Group of Mississippi, LLC, Phoenix, Pisenti & Brinker LLP, Postmeds, Inc./Truepill, Progress Software MOVEit, Progressive Leasing, Prolific Puma, Pypl, QNAP QTS, Radius Global Solutions, RagnarLocker ransomware, Redcliffe Labs, Refresco Beverages US Inc., Resort Data Processing, Inc., Revival Animal Health, Riverside County Office of Education, Roundcube Webmail, Royal Elementor, Samsung Galaxy S23, San Diego PACE, San Francisco Jazz Organization, Sberbank, Seiko, Shadow PC, Simpson Manufacturing, Singing River Health System, 1 million Windows and Linux hosts using SMBv1, SoftEther VPN, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager, South River Technologies Titan MFT and Titan SFTP, Sphero, Stanford University, Stars Arena, State of Maine, Sumo Logic, Sun Life Financial, Sutter Health, SysAid, Taylored Service Parent Co., TeamCity, The Chattanooga Heart Institute, The Commerce Insurance Company (MAPFRE Insurance), The Hilb Group Operating Company, LLC, The Newtron Group, LLC, Toronto Public Library, Toumei, Town of Iowa, Louisiana, Transaction Data Systems, TransForm, Tri Counties Bank, Tri-City Medical Center, Trigona ransomware gang, Trust Benefit Technologies, LLC, Tunngle, 11 Ukrainian telcos, University Federal Credit Union, University of Michigan, University of Missouri, User Submitted Posts WordPress plugin, Veeam ONE IT, Vidio, VMware vCenter Server, VMware vRealize Log Insight, WACOSA, Wescom Central Credit Union, West Texas Gas, Westat, Inc., Western Washington Medical Group, Weston Embedded uC-HTTP HTTP Server, Women Political Leaders Summit, WS_FTP, Wyze Cam v3, Yifan YF325, Zhefengle have reportedly been hacked or compromised this month.

In what should be no surprise to 40,000 people, yes, leaving the default “admin” password will get you hacked.

Cloudflare, OpenAI/ChatGPT, Outlook.com, and the Toronto Public Library have suffered from outages this month.

Last months updates broke .NET 6.0 security patches, .NET 7.0 security patches, Apple device integration with Enterprise Single Sign On, Hosted Exchange, HP motherboards, Hyper-V, Microsoft 365 admin system, Microsoft 365, MS Office, Outlook Desktop, Rivian infotainment systems, Veeam RCT, VMware ESXi, Windows desktop icons, Windows Server 2022 VMs on VMware ESXi, Windows Update, and WSUS.

Microsoft violated (again) their promise not to push bloatware on LTSC.

Microsoft also introduced over 110 security vulnerabilities (discovered so far…) to Microsoft 365 by integrating SketchUp 3D capabilities.

Sadly, Microsoft has also disabled the free upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and 8. Until about a month ago it was still possible to upgrade older machines to Windows 10 without having to purchase a license. Now it is no longer possible.

Microsoft has also changed Authenticator behavior to suppress notifications for “risky sign-ins.” The idea is that when a login occurs from an unlikely source, somewhere you have not logged in before or a country you’re unlikely to be in, they can prevent the out-of-the-blue popup asking if you’re trying to log in. Unfortunately, if you’ve reused passwords, or used weak passwords, then this will increase the likelihood of a random calls “from microsoft” or “your IT department” asking you to “verify that you still have access to account” by opening the authenticator and actively approving the login. This kind of UI behavior teaches people to be less wary since they have to then go out of their way to “prove” themselves, which is something most humans innately want to do. It’s going to be bad. To reduce the risk please use strong, unique, random passwords to lessen the risk of successful password spraying attacks.

Microsoft extended the security update support period for Windows Server 2012 to October 2026.

LBRY, Inc is finally throwing in the towel after years of fighting the SEC. LBRY is the organization behind the best (IMHO) video and data sharing service in the world, and was targeted because the federal government chooses not to understand crypto. LBRY is dead, long live LBRY!

The US is leading an alliance to never pay ransom to cybercriminals. A US court has ruled that it is not a privacy violation for your car to harvest your contacts, texts and call logs even when you do not grant those permissions. The SEC has charged SolarWinds and their CISO with fraud over the massive hack in late 2020.

Not only is it foolhardy to assume that any automated system could prevent abuse by 100% of the advertisers, Google’s own data shows that the number of malicious ads they have detected has increased by over 50% in the last year.

The “they have detected” clause is the important takeaway from that statement. Google has over a thousand dedicated people within their ad review department whose sole purpose is to detect and block malicious advertisements, and ads that violate any other policies. Even with that, many people that interact with ads still don’t realize they’re advertisements or are taken to malicious or fraudulent sites. They simply can not detect all malicious advertisements.

Now that Google is pushing a new ad-blocker war via YouTube, it’s actually increasing the number of people that realize that they can, and should, take action to block advertisements. Is it any wonder why people are increasingly blocking ads? You should, too. Start with uBlock Origin. Blocking advertisements is not just about security, though, it could help save the planetNeed help? Ask.

Moody’s has downgraded the US financial outlook to “negative”.

Now for the good news:

According to the CDC there are now record-high childhood vaccine refusals across the country. It’s about time.

Let’s Get Busy

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Patch Tuesday is huge this month. The typical computer should see roughly 5 GB in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released updates to address 83 vulnerabilities in .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Azure, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Remote Registry Service, Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL, Microsoft Windows Search Component, Microsoft Windows Speech, Open Management Infrastructure, Tablet Windows User Interface, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Windows Authentication Methods, Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver, Windows Common Log File System Driver, Windows Compressed Folder, Windows Defender, Windows Deployment Services, Windows DHCP Server, Windows Distributed File System (DFS), Windows DWM Core Library, Windows HMAC Key Derivation, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Installer, Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), Windows Kernel, Windows NTFS, Windows Protected EAP (PEAP), Windows Scripting, Windows SmartScreen, Windows Storage, and MSRT (~ 2 GB). This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Apple released updates for macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.1, iOS 15.8, iOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1.1, iPadOS 15.8, iPadOS 16.7.2, iPadOS 17.1.1, Safari 17.1, tvOS 17.1, and watchOS 10.1.1. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install these updates. A reboot is required.

iOS 15.8, 16.7.2, and 17.1.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

iPadOS 15.8, 16.7.2, and 17.1.1 are security updates. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current update.

watchOS 10.1.1 is a security update. Use the Watch app on your iPhone to install the most current version.

tvOS 17.1 is a security update. Use System, Software Update to install the most current version.

Google Chrome OS 118.0.5993.123/124 and 114.0.5735.339 are security updates. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Fedora 39-1.5 is a major update, adding cosmetic, networking, security and other improvements, and updates libraries. This should be treated as 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 Sonoma (14.x) means that macOS Big Sur (11.x) and older are no longer supported. If you can not install at least macOS Monterey (12) on your Mac then you should immediately remove it 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 (v23H2) 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 subscription SaferPC updates which will be installed each month whenever necessary. Click, call or email for more details:
https://saferpc.info/updates/
209-565-12PD
shawn@12pointdesign.com

Driver Updates

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

AMD Adrenalin 23.11.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.amd.com/en/support

Daemon Tools Lite 12.0.0 is a major update with a redesign, improves search and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.daemon-tools.cc/products/dtLite

Display Driver Uninstaller 18.0.6.9 improves cleanup. This is not a security update.
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu

DS4Windows 3.2.19 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://github.com/Ryochan7/DS4Windows/releases/latest

Nvidia Driver 474.66 is a security update.
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Samsung DeX 2.4.1.22 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.samsung.com/us/apps/dex/

Wacom Driver 6.4.4-3 adds support for new hardware 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 1.60.114 resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://brave.com/

Google Chrome 119.0.6045.123 is a security update.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

Microsoft Edge 119.0.2151.58 is a security update.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business/download

Firefox 119.0.1 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Firefox ESR 115.4.0 is a security update.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Vivaldi 6.4.3160.42 is a security update.
https://vivaldi.com/

Microsoft Edge WebView2 119.0.2151.44 is a security update.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/

Email Updates

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

DavMail Gateway 6.2.0 updates dependencies and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://davmail.sourceforge.net/

Spark 3.10.2 adds Spark Integrations and +AI to improve automation and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Spark (macOS) 3.10.2.61166 adds Spark Integrations and +AI to improve automation and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://sparkmailapp.com/

Thunderbird 115.4.2 resolves several 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 8.0.6 adds dark mode, improves key handling, improves UI, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

AnyDesk (macOS) 7.2.3 vastly improves key handling and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://anydesk.com/en/downloads

BrowsingHistoryView 2.57 improves compatibility with Opera. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/browsing_history_view.html

curl 8.4.0 adds support for IPFS and resolves more than 100 bugs. This is a security update.
https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

Dropbox 186.4.6207 improved hard drive space controls. This is not a security update.
https://www.dropbox.com/

Facebook Messenger 199.0.0.9.236 is a security update.
https://www.messenger.com/download

FileZilla Client 3.66.1 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://filezilla-project.org/

FreeFileSync 13.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

Google Drive 84.0 is a security update.
https://drive.google.com/start

Microsoft Teams 1.6.00.29964 adds SMS notifications, unique join links, workflows within channels and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

Nextcloud Server 27.1.3 is a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Npcap 1.78 is a security update.
https://nmap.org/npcap/

Pocketnet-GUI 0.8.67 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://pocketnet.app/

Rclone 1.64.2 resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://rclone.org/

Signal 6.38.0 improves contact management, voice and video calls. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/download/windows/

Signal (Android) 6.39.3 improves contact management. This is not a security update.
https://signal.org/android/apk/

Skype 8.106.0.212 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.skype.com/

Syncthing 1.26.0 resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://syncthing.net/

Technitium DNS Server 11.5.3 resolves several bugs. This follows shortly after a security update, so should be treated as a security update.
https://technitium.com/dns/

Telegram (Android) 10.2.3 doesn’t provide a changelog so should be treated as a security update.
https://telegram.org/apps

Telegram 4.11.8 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://telegram.org/

Zoom 5.16.6.24712 is a security update.
https://zoom.us/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

3tene 3.0.13 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://en.3tene.com/

Bitwig Studio 5.0.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.bitwig.com/download/

iTunes 12.13.0.9 is a security update.
https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Picard 2.10 is a security update.
https://picard.musicbrainz.org/

Plex Desktop 1.81.0.4012 adds Discover Together and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Home Theater 1.50.1.4014 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-app

Plex Media Server 1.32.8.7639 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-media-server

VLC Media Player 3.0.20 is a security update.
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

GameMaker Studio 2023.8.2.108 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker

GDevelop 5.3.180 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://gdevelop.io/download

Lego Studio 2.23.10_1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/ldd

Minecraft Server (Bedrock) 1.20.41.02 doesn’t provide a changelog so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock

Nintendo Switch 17.0.0 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 23.02-08.20.02 improves performance. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/

SteamOS SteamDeck Update 2023-11-13 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 Acrobat and Reader DC 23.006.20380 is a security update.
https://get.adobe.com/reader

Adobe Acrobat and Reader 20.005.30539 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-54.html

Adobe After Effects 23.6.2 and 24.0.3 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb23-66.html

Adobe Animate 23.0.3 and 24.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb23-61.html

Adobe Audition 23.6.2 and 24.0.3 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/audition/apsb23-64.html

Adobe Bridge 13.0.5 and 14.0.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb23-57.html

Adobe ColdFusion 2021.12 and 2023.6 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-52.html

Adobe Dimension 3.4.10 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dimension/apsb23-62.html

Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server 2022.1 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb23-58.html

Adobe InCopy 18.5.1 and 19.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb23-60.html

Adobe InDesign 18.5.1 and 19.0 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-55.html

Adobe Media Encoder 23.6.2 and 24.0.3 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb23-63.html

Adobe Photoshop 24.7.2 and 25.1 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb23-56.html

Adobe Premiere Pro 23.6.2 and 24.0.3 are security updates.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb23-65.html

Adobe RoboHelp Server 11.5 is a security update.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/robohelp-server/apsb23-53.html

Artweaver 7.0.16 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.artweaver.de/

Audacity 3.4.1 adds musical view, pitch controls, and resolves a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

Blender 3.6.5 doesn’t provide a detailed change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.blender.org/download/

Calibre 6.29.0 resolves several bugs, improves zoom control, and adds a command line option to open a new instance. This is not a security update.
https://calibre-ebook.com/

Ghostscript 10.02.1 is a security update.
https://www.ghostscript.com/releases/gsdnld.html

GIMP 2.10.36 is a security update.
https://www.gimp.org/

ImageMagick 7.1.1-21 is a security update.
https://imagemagick.org/

Kdenlive 23.08.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://kdenlive.org/

Kindle for PC 2.1.70471 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.amazon.com/kindleforpc

Krita 5.2.1 improves various features and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/

LibreOffice 7.5.8 resolves more than a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Manager 23.11.13.1143 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.manager.io/

Nextcloud Desktop 3.10.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://nextcloud.com/

Notepad++ 8.5.8 resolves more than a dozen bugs. This is a security update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Paint.net 5.0.11 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.getpaint.net/

PDF-XChange Editor 10.1.2.382 is a security update.
https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

QuickBooks Pro 2022 R13_09 improves migration assistant and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

QuickBooks Pro 2023 R6_25 resolves resolves a major billing bug. This is not a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

QuickBooks Pro 2024 20230817-R3_61 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://downloads.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/products

SumatraPDF 3.5.2 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/download-free-pdf-viewer

Security Software Updates

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

JShelter 0.17 adds several new controls and features. This is not a security update.
https://jshelter.org/install/

KeePass 2.55 resolves more than a dozen bugs and adds several new features. This is a security update.
https://keepass.info/

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware 4.6.5 improves compatibility and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/

OpenSSL 3.1.4 is a security update.
https://www.openssl.org/

ProtonVPN (macOS) 4.0.0 improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://protonvpn.com/download

RogueKiller 15.13.0 is a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/

Stinger 12.2.0.664 adds support for several new detections. This should be considered a security update.
https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

SuperAntiSpyware 10.0.1258 is a security update.
https://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

Tails 5.19 is a security update.
https://tails.boum.org/install/dvd/index.en.html

Tron 2023-10-17 is a security update.
https://www.bmrf.org/repos/tron/

uBlock Origin 1.53.4 improves stability.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/latest

Wireless Network Watcher 2.40 adds columns for IPv6 Address and Link Local IPv6 Address. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html

Capture Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Open Broadcaster Software 30.0.0 is a major update which removes support for older platforms, adds support to new features and capabilities, and resolves over 50 bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://obsproject.com/

SnagIt 24.0.1 resolves several bugs, improves performance and adds output to Teams. 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 13.0.0.4 resolves dozens of bugs and adds support for new encodings. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

FFmpeg 20231114 adds caption decoding. This is not a security update.
https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html

StreamFab 6.1.4.9 improves compatibility and resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader-new.htm

UniFab 2.0.0.3 improves compatibility and 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 6.0.30 is a security update.
https://www.zotero.org/

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

.NET Runtime 7.0.13 and 8.0.0 are security updates.
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

1Password 8.10.18 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://1password.com/

Agent Ransack 2022.3416 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download/

AMD Ryzen Master 2.11.2.2659 is a security update.
https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/ryzen-master

AOMEI Partition Assistant 10.2.1 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskpart.com/

Beyond Compare 4.4.7.28397 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.scootersoftware.com/download.php?zz=dl4

Bitwarden 2023.10.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://bitwarden.com/

CCleaner 6.17.10746 improves junk cleaning. This is a security update.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

CurrPorts 2.76 adds option to show only incoming TCP connections. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html

Dell Command Update 5.1.0 is a security update.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln311129/dell-command-update?lang=en

Dell OS Recovery Tool 2.3.2.7523 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukbsdt1/drivers/osiso/recoverytool

DesktopOK 11.13 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

dnGrep 4.0.129.0 updates libraries and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://dngrep.github.io/

email-oauth2-proxy 2023-11-01 adds support for secret rotation, resolves a couple bugs, and improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy

Everything Toolbar 1.3.2 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar/

Fido 1.52 adds support for Windows 11 23H2. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/pbatard/Fido/releases

FileLocator Pro 2022.3416 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/download

Fing 3.5.1 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.fing.com/products/fing-desktop-download-windows

Go 1.21.4 is a security update.
https://go.dev/

GoodSync 12.4.5 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.goodsync.com/

HDD Raw Copy 1.20 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool/

HWiNFO 7.66 adds support for newer hardware and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

Java 8u391 is a security update.
https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

NConvert 7.163 doesn’t provide a change log so should be treated as a security update.
https://www.xnview.com/en/nconvert/

NetworkInterfacesView 1.35 adds support for IPv6 addresses and IPv6 DNS servers. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/network_interfaces.html

NTLite 2023.11.9477 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

osquery 5.10.2 is a security update.
https://osquery.io/downloads

PingInfoView 3.01 adds support for IPv6, sorting, reporting improvements, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multiple_ping_tool.html

PowerToys 0.75.1 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/latest

RoboForm 9.5.4 reduces nags and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.roboform.com/

Rufus 4.3 adds support for Windows 11 23H2, improves compatibility, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://rufus.ie/en_US/

ScreenConnect 23.8.5.8707 is a security update.
https://www.connectwise.com/software/control/download

Sysmon 15.11 improves performance and resolves a couple bugs. This is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon

TcpLogView 1.40 adds option to show only incoming connections. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/tcp_log_view.html

VMMap 3.4 adds support for .NET 6 and higher. This is not a security update.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/vmmap

WinGet 1.6.3133 adds support to configure behavior and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest

WinScan2PDF 8.68 improves performance and reliability. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

WizTree 4.16 adds several new features, cosmetic and reliability improvements, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.diskanalyzer.com/

ZoomIt 7.2 adds highlighter and blur and microphone selection. 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.

ADB 34.0.5 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools

Android Studio 2022.3.1.21 resolves a couple issues with Gradle. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio

GitHub Desktop 3.3.5 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://desktop.github.com/

Godot 4.1.3 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://godotengine.org/

Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable 14.36.33130.0 is a security update.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist

MySQL ConnectorNet 8.2.0 updates libraries and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/

MySQL Server 8.0.35 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is a security update.
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/

Node.js 18.18.2 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 20.9.0 is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

Node.js 21.2.0 resolves several bugs, updates libraries, and provides dozens of improvements. This is a security update.
https://nodejs.org/en/

SQLite 3.44.0 provides more than a dozen improvements and bug fixes. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

Visual Studio Code 1.84.2 resolves several bugs. As of 1.84 Microsoft has dropped support for 32-bit versions of Visual Studio. This is not a security update.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

WinMerge 2.16.34 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.

PPSSPP 1.16.6 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ppsspp.org/download/

VirtualBox 7.0.12 resolves dozens of bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Web Package Updates

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

HumHub 1.15.0 resolves dozens of bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.humhub.com/en

Invision Community 4.7.14 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://invisioncommunity.com/

Joomla 5.0.0 and 4.4.0 are both major updates with many new features, compatibility improvements, and bug fixes. These are not security updates.
https://www.joomla.org/

ownCloud Client 5.1.2 is a major update improving compatibility, performance, stability and resolving many bugs. This is not a security update.
https://owncloud.com/desktop-app/

ownCloud Server 10.13.2 updates depenendencies and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://owncloud.com/download-server/

WordPress 6.4.1 is the third update to WordPress in the last month, following several security issues.
https://wordpress.org/

Autoptimize 3.1.10 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/autoptimize/

BuddyPress 11.4.0 improves stability and compatibility. This is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/

Contact Form 7 5.8.2 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Duplicator 1.5.7 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/#developers

My Sticky Bar (formerly myStickymenu) 2.6.5 rebrands, adds a couple features, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mystickymenu/

Postie 1.9.66 improves compatibility and resolves a notification bug. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postie/

Show IDs 1.1.10 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpsite-show-ids/

W3 Total Cache 2.6.0 improves compatibility and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/

WooCommerce 8.2.2 resolves several bgus. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/woocommerce/

WP Mail SMTP 3.10.0 improves OAuth integration and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/

WP Plugin Update Checker 5.3 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://github.com/YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker/releases/latest

WPBakery 7.2 adds AI support and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://wpbakery.com/

WPtouch 4.3.55 resolves several bgus. This is not a security update.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/

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

Regards,

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

 

Updates 2017-12-12

Hi, Folks!

It’s Patch Tuesday and it’s a big one. Just in time for Christmas Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and more have released tons of security updates to keep the IT guy you know and love busy all season long.

I’ve had a lot of calls recently from people whose computers seem unusually slow since late October. This is a side-effect of the Windows 10 upgrade cycle, which pushes out 6gb through Windows update to get you to the latest Windows 10 release every 6 months. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, it 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 at The Farmory, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

The typical computer should see roughly 2gb in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released updates to Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer, Flash, Defender, Server, .NET and MSRT (~1.5gb). This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Apple released updates for macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, macOS Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, macOS Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan, tvOS 11.2, watchOS 4.2, iOS 11.2, Safari 11.0.2 and iTunes 12.7.2. This includes security updates. Use Apple Software Update to install the most current versions. A reboot is required.

iOS 11.2 is a security update. Use Settings, General, Software Update to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

watchOS 4.2 is a security update. Use the Watch app on your iPhone to install the most current version.

Google Chrome OS 62.0.3202.97 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.126 is a security update.
Win: https://12pd.com/click?flash
Win: https://12pd.com/click?flashie
Mac: https://12pd.com/click?flashmac

Adobe AIR 28.0.0.127 is a security update.
Win: https://12pd.com/click?air
Mac: https://12pd.com/click?airmac

Fedora 27-1.6 is a security update. This major version also adds several features, improvements to settings, network, and configuration, updated LibreOffice and more.
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.

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

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

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

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

Driver Updates

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

Display Driver Uninstaller 17.0.8.0 improves cleanup. This is not a security update.
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu

Intel Driver Update 3.1 improves scanning and reporting. This is not a security update.
https://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect

Browser Updates

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

Google Chrome 63.0.3239.84 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Firefox 57.0.2 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Firefox ESR 52.5.2 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Email Updates

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

Thunderbird 52.5.0 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Internet Updates

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

DiscordApp 12.11.2017 improves overlay, embeds, tray support, resolves several bugs, and more. This is not a security update.
https://discordapp.com/download

Line 7.17.0 adds in-app GIF creation and filters. This is not a security update.
https://line.me/update

uTorrent 3.5.0 Build 44294 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.utorrent.com/downloads

MaxMind GeoIP Data 201712 is a data refresh.
https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geolite

BrowsingHistoryView 2.12 adds Quick Filter feature. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/browsing_history_view.html

Npcap 0.97 improves hardware compatibility, WinPcap compatibility, and removes silent installation support. This is not a security update.
https://nmap.org/npcap/

Media Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

iTunes 12.7.2 is a security update. Use Apple Software Update to install the most current version.

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

PlayStation PS3 4.82 improves performance. This is not a security update.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps3/

EA Origin 10.5.8.11002 improves tray behavior, overlay adjustments, and other fixes. This is not a security update.
https://www.origin.com/en-us/download

Office Updates

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

Artweaver 6.0.7 improves stability and performance, PS plugin compatibility, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.artweaver.de/

Notepad++ 7.5.3 resolves updater issues, improves stability. This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?npp

SketchUp 18.0.16975 resolves dozens of bugs and adds several new features. This is not a security update.
https://www.sketchup.com/

Adobe Reader DC Patch 18.009.20050 is a security update. Use Help, Check for updates to install the most current version.

Adobe DNG Converter 10.1 adds support for new hardware. This is not a security update.
Win: https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=6285
Mac: https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=6283

FrameMaker 2017 Cumulative update 3 (2017.0.3) is a security update.
https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=6287

Security Software Updates

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

Tails 3.3 is a security update.
https://tails.boum.org/install/index.en.html

oclGaussCrack 1.4 improves reliability. This is not a security update.
https://hashcat.net/oclGaussCrack/

Wireshark 2.4.3 is a security update.
https://www.wireshark.org/

Gpg4win 3.0.2 resolves over a dozen bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.gpg4win.org/download.html

RogueKiller 12.11.28 adds detections and resolves a device access bug.
https://www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/

Intel-SA-00086 Detection Tool 1.0.0.146 improves accuracy of vulnerability detection.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27150

Capture Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

VideoCacheView 2.98 improves YouTube compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/video_cache_view.html

XSplit Broadcaster 3.2.1711.2907 resolves several bugs and improves performance. This is not a security update.
https://www.xsplit.com/get/

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

CDex 1.96 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
http://cdex.mu/?q=download

DVDFab 10.0.7.1 adds support for new encodings, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

NTLite 1.5.0.5790 adds several new components and settings. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

8GadgetPack 25.0 resolves bugs. This is not a security update.
https://8gadgetpack.net/

GoodSync 10.6.8 improves self-maintenance activity to reduce clutter, improve log relevance, and improve performance. Resolves several bugs.This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?goodsync

DesktopOK 4.89 improves compatibility. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

DMDE 3.4.2.722 improves Apple/macOS support, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://dmde.com/

IsMyHdOK 1.31 integrates a new RNG. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/IsMyHdOK

FileLocator Pro 8.2.2751 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/download

FolderChangesView 2.20 improves concurrency and adds Quick Filter feature. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/folder_changes_view.html

OSForensics 5.2.1003 removes several arbitrary number limits. This is not a security update.
https://www.osforensics.com/download.html

CCleaner 5.38.6357 resolves several bugs, and improves stability. This is a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?ccleaner

ProduKey 1.91 provides cosmetic improvements. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

Sysmon 6.20 adds the ability to randomize object names to foil malware that use them to detect its presence. This is a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

AccessChk 6.20 resolves bugs. This is a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

Sigcheck 2.60 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

Whois 1.20 adds support for registry server redirects. This is not a security update.
https://live.sysinternals.com/

TaskSchedulerView 1.36 adds tray icon support. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/task_scheduler_view.html

TeamViewer 12.0.88438 resolves a reliability bug.
https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows/

WinScan2PDF 3.77 adds output preview, fit/crop support, rotation, default storage location changes. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

WizTree 3.17 adds support for copying selected object information to clipboard, and improves accuracy of percentages. This is not a security update.
https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-finds-the-files-and-folders-using-the-most-disk-space-on-your-hard-drive/

Developer Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

Android Studio 3.0.1.0 resolves several bugs and provides performance improvements. This is not a security update.
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html

Virtual Machine Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

PPSSPP 1.5.4 doesn’t provide a detailed changelog, so should be treated as a security update.
http://ppsspp.org/downloads.html

VirtualBox 5.2.2-119230 resolves several bugs. 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.

Drupal 8.4.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://drupal.org/download

Joomla 3.8.3 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.joomla.org/

MailEnable Enterprise 10.10 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mailenable.com/

phpMyAdmin 4.7.6 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/news.php

ScreenConnect 6.4.15361.6527 resolves a stability bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.screenconnect.com/Download

SMF 2.0.15 is a security update.
https://download.simplemachines.org/

WordPress 4.9.1 is a security update.
https://wordpress.org/

Contact Form 7 4.9.2 should be treated as a security update.

Email Log 2.2.4 provides license changes. This is not a security update.

NextScripts Social Networks Auto-Poster 4.1.1 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.

Postie 1.9.14 improves logging. This is not a security update.

Redirection 2.10.1 adds support for multisite and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.

W3 Total Cache 0.9.6 resolves over a dozen issues, including disabling the anonymous tracking feature by default. This should be treated as a security update.

Widgets on Pages 1.4.0 adds TinyMCE button for widgets. This is not a security update.

WooCommerce 3.2.5 resolves dozens of bugs. This is not a security update.

WP Edit 4.0.2 resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.

WP Mail SMTP 1.0.0 adds several email provider integrations and improves GUI. This is not a security update.

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

Regards,

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