5 Security Things to Know for the Week of Oct. 22

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1) A blockbuster cybersecurity acquisition may be on the horizon.

2) A vulnerability in jQuery, a popular JavaScript library file upload plug-in, has been exploited for years.

3)  What is the truth behind the purported China supply chain hack of motherboards shipped to the U.S.?

4) More than 300 vulnerabilities saw fixes from Oracle in its quarterly security update.

5) Microsoft plans to incorporate a patch from Google to prevent the second variant of Spectre from impacting Windows 10 performance.