In several cyber security SIG presentations the Tails distribution was mentioned, and at one in-person meeting USB drives with Tails were provided to attendees.
If you still or now use Tails, the maintainers advise to avoid the Tor browser included until the release of Tails version 5.1 (May 31).
Tails - The Amnesic Incognito Live System is a live Linux distribution with security and privacy at the top priority.
Tails is reported to be the system Ed Snowden used for its privacy and security.
Other Sun City Resources for Self, Home and Fraud security:
Self Defense Club Self and Home Security SIG
Past Presentations:
Cybersecurity Risks and Scams
Outdoor Surveillance Cameras
Williamson County Sheriff
CA Community Standards Director
Safety Procedures
Georgetown Police Security
Safety and Protection Devices
Safety on the Sun City Trails
Neighborhood Representative Organization
For your awareness, for your neighbor's awareness, for your family's awareness, for a community awareness.
Firefox 100.0.2
Chrome 101.0.4951.67
Edge 101.0.1210.53
Brave 1.38.119
Opera 87.0.4390.25
Safari 15.5 17613.2.7.1.8
Vivaldi 5.2.2623.48
ToR 11.0.10
May 16, 2022
Apple updates everything.
iOS 15.5
iPadOS 15.5
Monterey 12.4
WatchOS 8.6
tvOS 15.5
Most updates include a measure of security fixes. 86 vulnerabilities.
Also Catalina 10.15.7, and Big Sur 11.6.6.
The out-of-band update to Firefox brings the latest version to 100.0.1.
Out-of-Band updates are almost always security related. A update to address a vulnerability.
Recall the recent updates to Chrome and browsers based on the Chromium browser engine.
Firefox is not based on Chromium.
This update is important. This update is for all platforms. Updates to Chromium based browsers should follow soon.
UPDATE: Most browsers based on Chromium engine have updates available today May 14. This update is security related. Patching for a now known vulnerability actively being exploited!
Google released monthly security updates for Android May 5, 2022.
The update fixes 37 security flaws for the varied components of Android. Each manufacturer that uses the Android system for its devices will then release the fixes for the varied components to customers.
One fix is for a kernel vulnerability rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 and was recently added by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to its known vulnerabilities catalog.
This vulnerability was recently patched by most Linux distributions as well.
