At some point in the last couple of months, Adobe produced a new version of Shockwave: 12.2.5.195. There may have been an announcement, but I didn’t see it.
There’s no mention of the new version on the Shockwave 12 release notes page, so it’s difficult to know what changed. It would be handy to know whether Shockwave 12.2.5.195 includes any security fixes.
Meanwhile, the main Shockwave download page serves up version 12.2.5.195, and the Shockwave checker definitely detects earlier versions and recommends installing version 12.2.5.195.
So Adobe is just being lazy with version announcements, release notes, and other web-based resources. Thanks for nothing, Adobe.
The October edition of Ouch! (PDF), the monthly security awareness newsletter from SANS, provides some useful tips for staying secure. The Ouch! newsletter is targeted at regular users, so you won’t find a lot of baffling terminology there – just plain English.
Another new release of Vivaldi appeared earlier this week, with no announcement or anything resembling release notes on the Vivaldi web site. The announcement blog is full of details on developer snapshots, which are of no interest to regular folks.
As with the previous release, I only became aware of the new version when I ran Vivaldi and an update dialog appeared. According to that dialog, the only change in Vivaldi 1.4.589.38 is a new version of the Chromium engine.
A few bug fixes and an update for the Chromium engine comprise the changes in Opera 40.0.2308.81. The Chrome 40 change log lists thirteen total changes, including fixes for some annoying address bar and bookmark issues. There are no security fixes in this release.
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