![]() On December 6, Apple released Safari 11.0.2 for OS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra and High Sierra, which addressed six memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution.On December 5, Apple released watchOS 4.2, which address 11 vulnerabilities.On December 4, Apple released tvOS 11.2, which addressed many of the same vulnerabilities.The most serious could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. On December 2, Apple released iOS 11.2, which addressed 23 vulnerabilities in various OS components such as IOKit, IOMobileFrameBuffer, IOSurface, the kernel, Mail, Mail Drafts and Mail Message Framework, WebKit and Wi-Fi.They put out eleven security updates that covered most of their products. Even Ubuntu, which often gives us forty or more security notices, has issued only twenty-four this month.Īpple didn’t skimp when it came to filling our stockings with patches this month. With the exception of Apple, the update load was relatively light this month. Those, however, are beyond the scope of this roundup, as is a summary of the entire year’s security updates.įor now, let’s just take a look at the patches released by the “usual suspects” in December. That means doing our best to keep our devices and applications updated – and not just those from the popular vendors we cover here, but also all of those “things” out there on the IoT that are running custom operating systems and proprietary applications. The other good news is that everyone from individual computer users to small businesses to large corporations seems to be taking security more seriously these days.Īs the ball falls on 2017 and we venture into the unknown territory of 2018, we need to maintain vigilance and never let our guards down. Staying two steps ahead of the bad guys is an impossible challenge, especially when you throw BYOD and IoT into the mix, but the good news is that software vendors have gotten better over the years at responding to the discovery of security vulnerabilities. In the cybersecurity space, a recap of 2017 includes some major data breaches – exposure of millions of personal data records of customers of Verizon, Arby’s, America’s JobLink, InterContinental Hotels Group, payday loan company Wonga, eBay, a number of healthcare-related organizations, several universities, and most far-reaching of all, Equifax – and that’s only a few of the many databases that were breached.Īccording to, by the end of September the year had already broken the record for the number of vulnerabilities reported, with more than 16,000 having been disclosed with 40% of those rated as severe. On computers with Snow Leopard or Leopard, use Airport Utility 5.6.1, which supports 802.11n models and the original AirPort Express.Another year has come to an end, and it’s traditionally a time – both in the IT industry and in other aspects of our lives – to do two things: 1) look back at the past twelve months and all that has happened over its course, and 2) look ahead the coming new year and make plans (or resolutions) regarding what we hope to accomplish. * On Mac computers with OS X Mountain Lion or Lion, use AirPort Utility 6.3.1. Mac: Use AirPort Utility 5.6.1, for Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard.PC: Use AirPort Utility 5.6.1 for Windows 7.iOS devices: Use Airport Utility 1.3.4 or later for iOS 7.1 or later.Mac: Use AirPort Utility 6.3.2 or later, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.*. ![]() How to download and install this firmware
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