Internet Protocol

Communication protocol that allows connections between networks

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March 22 2025
Web server software
lighttpd web server releases version 1.4.78
February 2025 SolarWinds announced it would be acquired by private equity firm Turn/River Capital for $4.4 billion, with approval from majority shareholders Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake.
February 19 2025
Web server software
Mongoose web server releases version 7.17
February 5 2025
Web server software
Nginx web server releases version 1.26.3
January 23 2025
Web server software
Apache HTTP Server releases its latest stable version 2.4.63
2024
Freedom
iOS version 6.36 updated, addressing End Session timer issues related to time zone changes and including multiple bug fixes.
October 2024
Freedom
Windows version 2.29 released, removing session countdowns for trial users and implementing performance improvements.
June 13 2024
Web server software
Hiawatha web server releases version 11.6
June 2 2024
Web server software
Caddy web server releases version 2.8.4
February 2024 Usenet daily posting volume reached a new peak of 274.49 TiB with 400.24 million daily posts.
February 22 2024
ConnectWise ScreenConnect
Version 6 of the self-hosted edition server application of ScreenConnect reported a vulnerability. A patch was made available for the latest version (23) on the same day, offering a temporary free upgrade.
October 16 2023
Web server software
Apache Tomcat releases version 10.1.15
October 10 2023
Web server software
Jetty web server last stable release
September 19 2023
Web server software
IBM HTTP Server releases version 9.0.5.17
September 1 2023
Web server software
OpenLink Virtuoso web server last stable release
August 2023 Usenet daily posting volume dramatically rose to 220.00 TiB with 279.16 million daily posts.
May 24 2023
Web server software
LiteSpeed Web Server last stable release
May 18 2023
Web server software
BusyBox httpd releases version 1.36.1
May 15 2023
ConnectWise ScreenConnect
ConnectWise Control was rebranded back to ConnectWise ScreenConnect.
May 1 2023
Web server software
NaviServer web server last stable release
January 27 2023
Web server software
WEBrick web server last stable release
November 2022 SolarWinds settled the class action lawsuit for $26 million and was notified by the SEC of potential enforcement action.
March 2022 A judge ruled that the class action lawsuit against SolarWinds could proceed, rejecting the company's attempt to have the case dismissed.
February 13 2022
Web server software
GlassFish releases version 6.2.5
February 2 2022
Web server software
Yaws web server last stable release
December 8 2021
Web server software
Resin Open Source and Resin Professional web servers last stable release
November 2021 Microsoft issued an alert about Nobelium targeting cloud service providers, managed service providers, and other IT service providers, following the previous year's supply chain attack.
July 2021 SolarWinds separated its managed service provider (MSP) business, creating a new separately-traded public company called N-able.
March 1 2021 SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna blamed a company intern for using an insecure password on their update server, though security experts discount this as the primary cause of the breach.
February 2021 Microsoft President Brad Smith declares the SolarWinds cyber attack as 'the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen'.
January 2021 Usenet daily posting volume significantly increased to 100.71 TiB with 171.86 million daily posts.
January 2021 A class action lawsuit was filed against SolarWinds regarding security failures and subsequent stock price decline.
January 14 2021 CRN.com reported that the cyber attack could cost insurance firms at least $90 million.
January 8 2021 SolarWinds hired former CISA director Chris Krebs to help the company address the recent cyber attack.
January 4 2021 Sudhakar Ramakrishna, formerly CEO of Pulse Secure, became the new CEO of SolarWinds.
2020 SolarWinds experienced a significant supply chain attack by the advanced persistent threat actor Nobelium (also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear), which compromised multiple organizations through their software supply chain.
December 21 2020 Attorney General William Barr stated that he believed the SolarWinds hack was perpetrated by Russia.
December 19 2020 Microsoft announced the discovery of a second supply chain attack on SolarWinds, dubbed SUPERNOVA, which involved a stealthy malware implementation with a web shell acting as a remote access tool.
December 17 2020 SolarWinds announced they would revoke the compromised digital certificates by December 21, 2020.
December 16 2020 German IT news portal Heise.de reported that SolarWinds had been encouraging customers to disable anti-malware tools before installing their products.
December 15 2020 SolarWinds officially reported the security breach to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
December 14 2020 FireEye, a cybersecurity firm, publicly announces that it was breached and that the attack was part of a larger campaign targeting SolarWinds' software supply chain.
December 13 2020 The Washington Post reported that multiple government agencies were breached through SolarWinds's Orion software.
December 13 2020 The SolarWinds cyber attack is first publicly disclosed, revealing a massive supply chain attack where hackers compromised SolarWinds' software update system to distribute malware to thousands of organizations worldwide.
December 7 2020 CEO Kevin Thompson announced his retirement.
August 2020
Network File System
NFS version 4.1 was revised, further enhancing its capabilities and performance.
June 2020 Final hotfix version in the compromised release series was distributed, containing malicious code.

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