Posted by: secureitfoundation on: June 29, 2011
If you only ever update your computer’s operating system and applications once every few months, if at all, then it is time you checked your updates as June proved to be a busy month for security exploits used to take over your computer. Adobe has released updates to their Flash player, Shockwave Player and Reader [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: December 27, 2010
While your Windows Security updates will automatically download and install themselves, to date there has been limited options for home computer users to automatically patch all the other applications installed. Thankfully a nice Danish company has released the home version of their enterprise tool for automatically updating computers. A fully patched computer makes a much [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: February 25, 2010
For those of you who do not use Secunia’s Personal Security Inspector software already (it is free for personal use!), make sure you have done your updates. Adobe has become the new Microsoft for releasing insecure software and their Flash, Shockwave and Reader products all need urgent updating. Sun’s Java is not far behind in [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: December 18, 2009
If you are not aware, Adobe’s free Acrobat Reader (now just called Adobe Reader) software is prone to serious security risks. The software was originally just a way to standardise document exchange and printing with the PDF file format, but now has had additional functionality over the years. The biggest two risks are the JavaScript [...]
