Microsoft’s October 2016 security updates have launched its new “rollup” monthly routine with 10 bulletins, with five marked critical. Read more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/10/14/microsofts-october-2016-patch-rollup-fixes-5-critical-flaws/

A week ago, Apple pushed out a small but critical security patch for iOS. That update was iOS 9.3.5, and it fixed a trifecta of previously unknown vulnerabilities that had allegedly been combined to produce a megaexploit. (If you have an iDevice, go to Settings | General | Software Update right now, just to make […]

Lots of us do it. We know there’s an update available, and we know perfectly well that it serves a vital security purpose… …so we promise ourselves we’ll install it Really Soon Now, perhaps even tomorrow. And before we know it, it’s the end of next month, and we’re still putting off the download, or […]