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As part of today’s Patch Day, Microsoft released a security bulletin describing three new security vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer (IE) 9.0, running on Windows Vista, 7, and Server 2008.

It’s Microsoft Patch Day and I have a question for you. How quick are you at applying software updates? Do you jump on them within the day; a week, or are you months behind?

This week’s security news round-up includes a story about an old Coca-Cola network breach, the results of Anonymous’ Fawkes Day fiasco, a little Twitter password hiccup, and lots of software security updates. If you have a little extra time on Fridays to catch up on the latest information security news, watch the video below.

Those hip to the patch cycle know the first Thursday of the month means an early peek at Microsoft’s plans for Patch Tuesday.

Adobe Flash Player displays interactive, animated web content called Flash. Although Flash is optional, 99% of PC users download and install it to view multimedia web content. It runs on many operating systems, including mobile operating systems like Android.

Happy Friday everyone! Are you ready for your weekly security news round-up? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

Every week it seems like there is another major data breach… so what’s the deal? Are attackers getting more sophisticated; Is malware more sneaky; Or are people just not protecting themselves? That answer is probably simpler than you think.

Are you ready for some Friday water-cooler security gossip? Did you hear about a bunch RDP servers at Fortune 500 companies getting hacked? How about the story about Dutch law enforcement legally hijacking suspect computers? If not, you’ve come to the right place. I cover those stories and more in today’s WatchGuard Security Week in Review video.

Adobe Shockwave Player displays interactive, animated web content and movies called Shockwave. According to Adobe, the Shockwave Player is installed on hundreds of millions of PCs.

There was once a time when I had to subscribe to many obscure mailing lists, lurk on underground forums and channels, and visit a ton of buried pages at vendor sites to learn about the latest vulnerabilities, exploits, and breaches. That’s no longer the case.