WordPress has just published a critical security release. If you’re still on WordPress 3, this is about as critical as it gets, because one of the fixes closes a “remote anonymous compromise” bug.
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Microsoft “tops up” Patch Tuesday, issues delayed fix for zero-day hole in logon security
Microsoft has issued a “top up” security bulletin for a fix that didn’t quite make it into the November 2014 Patch Tuesday. The vulnerability can be used to turn any user into a domain administrator, and it’s been exploited in the wild…
Apple ships X 10.10.1 – does it fix those Wi-Fi problems?
Reader: “So Paul, has Yosemite 10.10.1 fixed the Wi-Fi problems?” Duck: “The answer is…” Find out, as they say, inside.
POODLEs, Sandworms and getting safe online – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
The week’s security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-minute video. Enjoy…
Apple kills the POODLE – also fixes Shellshock in case you forgot
Apple just shipped OS X 10.10 Yosemite – including a fix for the POODLE vulnerability. Mavericks and Mountain Lion also got updates to kill the POODLE. As for Lion, now three releases off the pace…bad news.
Apple patches OS X against Shellshock
If you’re a Mac user, you may have felt wrongfully left out of all the Shellshock kerfuffle over the past few days. Not any more!
Are you tired of weak or fake zero-day exploits? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch our latest 60 Second Security video! An entertaining but insightful look at the week’s security woes – in just one minute…
Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 update, tells users to roll back to iOS 8
Apple’s telling users to ditch the update after it knocked out cellular service and disabled Touch ID for iPhones, on top of a list of other glitches – stalling, crashing and more. 
Firefox sneaks out an “inbetweener” update, with security improvements rather than fixes
Usually, if everything goes according to plan, Firefox updates appear every six weeks. But if needs must, Mozilla delivers in-between updates, too, and that’s what has happened here, bumping Firefox from version 32.0 to 32.0.1.
Firefox 32.0 fixes holes, shakes out some old SSL certs, introduces certificate pinning
Yesterday was Firefox’s Fortytwosday (updates come out every 42 days, on Tuesdays, in a nod to Douglas Adams), bringing us to Firefox 32.0. There are also two Extended Support Releases for the more conservative amongst us… 