Plus: Adobe, SAP, Fortinet, VMware, Cisco issue pressing updates Patch Tuesday Microsoft fixed 149 security flaws in its own products this week, and while Redmond acknowledged one of those vulnerabilities is being actively exploited, we’ve been told another hole is…
Synopsys takes aim at software supply chain risks
Synopsys has introduced Black Duck Supply Chain Edition, a software composition analysis (SCA) package that helps organizations mitigate upstream risk in software supply chains, including from AI code. Announced April 9, Black Duck Supply Chain Edition is intended to address…
Synopsys aims to mitigate software supply chain risks
Synopsys has introduced Black Duck Supply Chain Edition, a software composition analysis (SCA) package that helps organizations mitigate upstream risk in software supply chains, including from AI code. Announced April 9, Black Duck Supply Chain Edition is intended to address…
Microsoft patches two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-29988, CVE-2024-26234)
On this April 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed a record 147 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including CVE-2024-29988, a vulnerability that Microsoft hasn’t marked as exploited, but Peter Girnus, senior threat researcher with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), has found being…
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April 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary, (Tue, Apr 9th)

This update covers a total of 157 vulnerabilities. Seven of these vulnerabilities are Chromium vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft's Edge browser. However, only three of these vulnerabilities are considered critical. One of the vulnerabilities had already been disclosed and exploited. This article…
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Speaking Freely: Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso

< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This interview has been edited for length and clarity.* Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso is the executive director of FORUM-Asia. She has worked for many years in human rights…