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. 
Once a week or so, depending on my schedule and the state of current events, I try to summarize the ongoing state of software updates, focusing primarily on OS, Browsers, and Adobe-related software. I missed last week, and a lot of things have piled up since the last update!
Keeping your software up to date is really important these days. There is big money in organized crime, seeking to compromise computers and gain access to your personal information – especially banking information. These malicious entities seek to gain a foothold in your computer by exploiting known vulnerabilities in popular software. As a result, something as benign as visiting a web site, opening an image, or playing a music file can lead to a compromised system, if your software has un-patched vulnerabilities.
So, keep that software up to date!
We’ll start this week with a bit of good news on the OS front, for those Apple customers who have migrated to the latest version of their OS.