The Microsoft October 2025 security updates have been released and consist of 177 new CVEs to Microsoft products.   Of the Microsoft CVEs released, 16 are rated Critical, 1 moderate and the rest are rated Important in severity. At the time of release, three are listed as being publicly known and three are listed as under active attack.   The security updates apply to the following products, features and roles: Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, Hyper-V, .NET and Visual Studio, Github, Exchange Server, BitLocker, and Xbox.    Information regarding known issues with KBs included in the security updates can be found at the bottom of the page at October 2025 Security Updates - Release Notes - Security Update Guide - Microsoft.   Recommended Reading: See Dustin Childs review and analysis in Zero Day Initiative -- The October 2025 Security Update Review.   Important Note: Today, Windows 10 reaches end of support. See Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for detailed information on the ESU program for personal devices.

Mozilla sent Firefox Version 144.0 to the release channel.    The update includes fourteen security updates of which seven (7) are rated critical, six (6) rated moderate, and one (1) is rated low. The security updates can be reviewed here.   New features and a change are included in the update.  To review the new features, see the Release Notes.   Update:  To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu and pick "About Firefox".  Mac users need to select "About Firefox" from the Firefox menu.  If you do not use the English language version, Fully Localized Versions are available for download.   Rapid Release Calendar

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ZoomIt v9.10, ProcDump 3.5 for Linux, and jcd 1.0.1   Learn about the latest updates to ZoomIt, ProcDump for Linux and jcd   ZoomIt v9.10 ZoomIt, a screen zooming, recording and annotation utility, adds image smoothing for higher-quality visuals.   ProcDump 3.5 for Linux This update to ProcDump for Linux, a tool for capturing process dumps, enables resource tracking without a trigger.   jcd 1.0.1 for Linux and Mac This update to jcd fixes a bug that caused the terminal to hang on CTRL-C.

Broadcast TV might still hang on, https://x.com/lonseidman/status/1976623499369119930   https://blog.lon.tv/2025/04/15/big-atsc-3-nextgentv-update-fcc-opens-public-comment-period-acknowledges-thousands-of-anti-drm-complaints/