Update Tuesday

It seems I forgot to post the last few times. So if you haven't checked your updates recently now is a good time to verify that everything is up-to-date.

From: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/12/zero-day-fixes-from-adobe-microsoft/

"Adobe and Microsoft today each separately released security updates to remedy zero-day bugs and other critical vulnerabilities in their software. Adobe issued fixes for its Flash and Shockwave players, while Microsoft pushed out 11 updates addressing at least two dozen flaws in Windows and other software."

Update Tuesday

Last Tuesday was update Tuesday. There were several updates from Microsoft for Windows and Office. There have been reports that one of those updates can take quite a while to install - 30 to 40 min.

There was an update to Adobe Flash Player (11.8.800.168) and Adobe Reader (11.0.4 and 10.1.8) released by Adobe.

Oracle also released an update for Java (Java 7 update 40).

A mostly unremarkable update Tuesday

It's update Tuesday again and this month so far we only have security updates from Microsoft and only three of them have received the highest severity of critical out of eight total bulletins published. Altogether a light Tuesday for updates, we will see what the rest of the month will bring.

Update Tuesday

Update Tuesday is on us again. Microsoft has released 7 patches including a patch for an exploit in their font rendering system that is quite critical to deploy as soon as possible.

Adobe has also released an update to flash player.

As usual updates should be installed automatically or prompt for installation. If they don't there are links on the side to download them manually.

Now is also a good time to check your web browser versions to make sure they are being updated. Firefox should be at 22 and Chrome should be at 28. You can find this info in the "about" menu option.

Update Tuesday

It's update Tuesday again. This month we have some security updates from Microsoft including a critical update for Internet Explorer 8 that fixes an issue currently being exploited on some web pages.

Adobe also released updates for Flash Player and Reader/Acrobat that should be installed as soon as possible.

Mozilla released a critical update for the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail reader that resolves a few security issues.

Finally, I also forgot to make my post for last month that included an update for Java.

Links to download the updates manually are on the side, Firefox is updated from within the browser using the Help->About Firefox menu.

Updates and Soon to be Updates

Microsoft released it's regular monthly updates this last Tuesday. Included in this latest round of updates were critical updates to Internet Explorer that should be installed as soon as possible (even if you don't use Internet Explorer as your default browser).

Adobe also made an announcement about some security issues in Acrobat and Adobe Reader that are currently being used to exploit computers. They will be pushing out updates for those issues soon.

Java and Flash updates

Two critical updates happened this week, both should be installed ASAP.

Oracle patched more than 50 security flaws in a recent release of Java 7 (update 13).

Adobe provided a patch for Flash to block a vulnerability that is currently being used to infect computers with malware.

Updates for January and manual patch for IE7/8

It's update Tuesday for Microsoft. There are 7 update bulletins that cover fixes to more than 11 different vulnerabilities. In addition there is a critical manual update for Internet Explorer on Windows XP clients that needs to be applied.

If you are still running Windows XP (which Microsoft is dropping security support for in February) you need to install this fix-it patch. You should install the patch even if you are not using Internet Explorer as your default browser. If you are using IE 9 or 10 you don't need the patch.

If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 you need to make sure you are upgraded to IE 9.

UPDATE: Adobe also release security updates for Flash and Adobe Reader today.