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EB Sticky Cookie Notice v1.7.0 is released

Release date: 14 May 2021.

UK General Data Protection Regulations (aka GDPR) mean that it is essential that you publish a Privacy Policy and a Cookie Bar (or similar) in your website.

EB Sticky Cookie Notice Module is our preferred 3rd party cookie bar extension.

It is compatible with Joomla! 4, expected to be released by the Joomla! Project in 2021.

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Hacker News report latest Windows update patches dozens of security flaws

12 May 2021.

Hacker News report that Microsoft have issued a security patch to "plug 55 security flaws affecting Windows, Exchange Server, Internet Explorer, Office, Hyper-V, Visual Studio, and Skype for Business".

4 of these flaws are rated as critical. 3 vulnerabilities are publicly known.

Microsoft users should check they are using the latest available release for their operating system.

See link below for more details.

Source: The Hacker News.

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Akeeba Admin Tools 6.0.5 Bug Fix Release

Release date: 11 May 2021.

Akeeba Admin Tools 6.0.5 is a Bug Fix Release, implementation of which may require use of one of the Installer Plugins included with the Joomla! CMS.

For your information, 6.0.0 introduced new frameworks in readiness for the launch by the Joomla! Project of Joomla! 4.

Heads up: the developer recommends that you should always use the latest version of a currently supported PHP branch which is marked as being in ‘active development’.

See which PHP a version of Akeeba Backup is compatible with at the link below.

Akeeba Admin Tools is Joomla! 4 ready and is our preferred Web Application Firewall Utility.

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