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Well, maybe not. In fact, with some in the computer field, it’s right up there with April 15th – tax day. This months updates includes some from Microsoft and Adobe. Also, we’ve had some very concerning news in the last week for Mac users. So, what’s up this month? [Read more...]
Time for my review of this month’s release of updates from Microsoft and others.
As I wrote this post, the Internet Storm Center issued a Yellow Alert! This is rare and was done to stress the importance of this Windows Update. It is important that you update now and make sure your Windows computer is updated for the RDP vulnerability below.
While Microsoft’s release is fairly small it has one very important update. The Apple updates affect any users of Safari which might or might not include you even if you don’t have an Apple computer. [Read more...]
So, something for nearly everyone to update this November. Also, there is a major vulnerability that is not yet patched – I’ll save that for last. [Read more...]
This month in addition to Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday there is a surprise update for some Adobe products. Also a new malware targeting new Mac OS Lion users recently appeared.
This month has a very important update for laptop users in particular. There have been some other interesting things happening over the last month as well. Also, I am very late with the Patch Tuesday post this month, I have a very good excuse that I’ll tell you about.
Microsoft released several updates today. If you’re not sure if your computer has done an automatic update already, make sure it does get updated. Some of the patches released by Microsoft are for vulnerabilities that already being attached.
However, also in the computer security warnings today are a warning about the Apple Safari browser. Today’s warnings for the Apple Safari browser were not limited to the Windows version. Could we be seeing the first real malware attack for the Mac? If you use a Mac or know someone who is always telling you how superior their Mac is to your PC, there is some news you really need to pay attention to. [Read more...]
It looks like Adobe and Apple decided to follow along.
One is rated “Patch Now” by the Internet Storm Center [Read more...]
Tired of updates? Well, there’s more. In addition to Firefox there are a couple more including one for Mac and Windows. [Read more...]
A hacking contest last week may be partly to blame for a large number of security updates. This time, it’s not just Microsoft products that are needing a fix. In fact, all but one browser was demonstrated to have security problems. Are you using the only safe one? Or, are you risking it all with a browser that needs to be updated now? [Read more...]
