I’m getting the same error message. I backed up and tried updating plugins anyway and the updates were successful.
However, on trying to update themes I get the familiar error message:
Warning: An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.ads-software.com or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to www.ads-software.com. Please contact your server administrator.) in ***/wp-includes/update.php on line 295
I’m thinking the problem may have something to do with this:
https://make.www.ads-software.com/meta/2014/09/23/wordpress-org-is-now-forced-ssl/
