Important Security Updates
Apple iTunes: Apple has released version 12.6.0 (64-bit and 32-bit) of iTunes. Updates are available from Apple’s website.
Avira Free Antivirus: Avira has released version 15.0.25.172 of its free Antivirus. Updates are available from Avira’s website.
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SecureTheVillage — Events
SecureTheVillage & LA Networks team up for Cybersecurity Roundtable. C-Suite. IT Dirs. Brkfst. Glendale: LA Networks and SecureTheVillage are hosting a cybersecurity seminar that will feature experts in law enforcement, information security, and insurance.
Important Security Updates
Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 25.0.0.127. Updates are available from Adobe’s website. To see which version you have, go to Adobe’s web page. Adobe AIR was also updated.
Adobe Shockwave Player: Adobe has released version 12.2.8.198 of Shockwave Player running on Windows and Macintosh.
Important Security Updates
Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 21.4.25 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See Citadel’s warning below]
Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 57.0.2987.98. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google Chrome’s website.
Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
How to Keep Your Private Conversations Private for Real: A decade ago, I wrote about the death of ephemeral conversation. As computers were becoming ubiquitous, some unintended changes happened, too: Before computers, what we said disappeared once we’d said it.
Important Security Updates
Avast: Avast! Free Antivirus has released version 17.2.2288. Updates are available on Avast’s website. Avast! has also released updates for Premier Antivirus and Internet Security.
Foxit Reader: Foxit has released version 8.2.1.6871 of its Reader.
Individuals at Risk
Cyber Warning
130+ Android apps on Google Play found with malware. Did developers use infected computers?: More than 130 Android apps on the Google Play store have been found to contain malicious coding, possibly because the developers were using infected computers, according to security researchers.
Have you ever experienced slowness on the Internet: webpages take a long time to load or a video will buffer regularly, so you call your Internet service provide who may be your local telephone cable company. The tech walks you through rebooting your router and resets your connection on his/her end but your Internet is still slow.
A very popular belief is that a Mac is safer than a Windows PC. Although it is true that the nature of Mac operating system secures it against most viruses, Macs are still vulnerable to other types of malicious software such as trojans, ransomware, cryptoviruses, spyware, adware and scareware. Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security just because you use a Mac. There are still many measures you must take to protect yourself from infection, data loss and identity theft.
Important Security Updates
Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 19.4.12 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See Citadel’s warning below]
Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 56.0.2924.76. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google Chrome’s website.