As you’re reading this, another “Windows Patch Tuesday” has come and gone (Microsoft normally sends their updates on the second Tuesday of the month), and, as is often the case lately, there are some critical security flaws being remedied in this latest round of patches. Do you sometimes feel that this is a never ending battle? Well, in many ways, it is.

Complexity is the enemy of security, and today’s operating systems and the software we employ within them are incredibly complex… breeding grounds for programming errors, which can lead to security flaws.

What’s a poor person to do? How do you keep track of all this churn?

Keep your software up to date automatically, where possible, and check back here on Wednesdays where I’ll be keeping a pulse on the world of software security, and letting you know the straight scoop.

On today’s agenda – Windows monthly update, Snow Leopard introduction, and a summary of browser updates. Let’s start with Microsoft:

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