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Mozilla has released Firefox 97.0.2, Firefox ESR 91.6.1, Firefox for Android 97.3.0, and Focus 97.3.0 to fix two critical zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in attacks. As Mozilla's security advisory explains, the Firefox developers are aware of "Reports of attacks in the wild" actively exploiting these vulnerabilities.

DevOps and continuous delivery have revolutionized software development and productivity over the last decade. As robust and resilient as today's development pipelines are, it's become increasingly clear that they can be derailed by a comparatively simply security incident.

Google says it bumped up rewards for reports of Linux Kernel, Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, or kCTF vulnerabilities by adding bigger bonuses for zero-day bugs and exploits using unique exploitation techniques. "We increased our rewards because we recognized that in order to attract the attention of the community we needed to match our rewards to their expectations," Google Vulnerability Matchmaker Eduardo Vela explained.

In the past few days, both Apple and Adobe have published software updates to close off zero-day security holes that were already being exploited by attackers. In other words, now matter how quickly you update against a zero-day once the patch is announced, you know that someone - and you have to hope that it wasn't you! - has already been attacked and pwned, even if they're accustomed to patching promptly themselves.

Google on Monday issued 11 security fixes for its Chrome browser, including a high-severity zero-day bug that's actively being jumped on by attackers in the wild. To fix the Animation problem, along with 10 other security issues, Google released Chrome 98.0.4758.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, due to roll out over coming days or weeks.

Google has released Chrome 98.0.4758.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability used by threat actors in attacks. It is possible to install the update immediately simply by going into the Chrome menu > Help > About Google Chrome.

Make sure that the site where Magento or Adobe Commerce is actually running has downloaded and applied Adobe's latest patches. Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source.

A zero-day remote code-execution bug in the Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce platforms has been actively exploited in the wild, Adobe said - prompting an emergency patch to roll out over the weekend. If you are running Magento 2.3 or 2.4, install the custom patch from Adobe ASAP, ideally within the next few hours;.

Adobe rolled out emergency updates for Adobe?Commerce and?Magento Open Source to fix a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-24086 that's being exploited in the wild. Administrators of online stores running Adobe Commerce or Magento Open Source versions 2.4.3-p1/2.3.7-p2 and below are strongly advised to prioritize addressing CVE-2022-24086 and apply the update as soon as possible.

Here on Naked Security, we've been lamenting the mysterious nature of Apple's security updates for ages. In the sudo bug case, Apple did eventually come to the party, and updated its own products in September.