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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.

This week, Oracle released their quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2012, as well as a separate Java SE security patch. Apple also released OS X Java updates, in relation to Oracle’s Java patch. I describe all these updates below.

Another week has blown by, and if you had a week like mine, you’ve barely gotten a chance to catch your breath between each new task. If that’s the case, you probably also missed this week’s security news. Fear not! WatchGuard Security Center is coming to the rescue. Grab a cup of joe, settle into your seat, and let the security news video below brief you on the latest in about ten minutes.

Today, Microsoft released two security bulletins describing vulnerabilities that affect Windows and components that ship with it. Each vulnerability affects different versions of Windows to varying degrees.

SQL Server is Microsoft’s popular database server. It includes the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), which provides web-based access to the SQL Server Report Manager.

Today, Microsoft released four security bulletins that fix around 20 vulnerabilities in a wide range of Microsoft Office and Server Software products. The affected products include.

Like clockwork, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday has gone live. This month Microsoft seems to be focusing on Office and their Server Software, with the Windows updates posing only a moderate risk.

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.

Cyber security is on the industry’s mind. As a result, every week seems packed with information and network security news. If you don’t have time to keep up because you are too busy putting out normal IT fires, this weekly podcast is for you.