sercraig

Like many others, I use the popular open source SSH client PuTTY. Today I learned it has been updated. The new version, 0.71, resolves several security issues.

Per PuTTY's website:

2019-03-16 PuTTY 0.71 released

PuTTY 0.71, released today, includes a large number of security fixes, many of which were found by the recent EU-funded HackerOne bug bounty. There are also other security enhancements (side-channel resistance), and a few new features. It's also the first release to be built for Windows on Arm.

The latest version can be downloaded here.

Once you download the update, run the file and go through the installation wizard. Any saved sessions should be preserved. I did have to unpin and then repin the #PuTTY shortcut to my Windows taskbar to get the program's icon to show again after updating.

You can join PuTTY's mailing list to receive word of future updates.