Computer security concerns are in the headlines again, so it seemed appropriate to discuss them in our weekly Thursday current events post. As I wrote in SandwichINK for Twitter Tuesday, Homeland Security Issued a Vulnerability Notice regarding Adobe Flash and indicated that a solution should appear soon. I’ve been checking regularly, both for y’all and for my grandkids who have been missing their Webkinz without the Flash being enabled.

I’m pleased to announce that Adobe and US-CERT have both announced that Adobe is in the process of releasing a Shockwave Player Update and Flash Player Security Advisory. Adobe also announced that the problem is only impacting Internet Explorer on Windows and not other browsers such as Firefox or computers such as Macintosh. Hooray.

By the time you read this, there should be even more updates, so I would head straight to Adobe and/or US-CERT to find out exactly what steps need to be taken to update your system.

In addition,  Microsoft has also announced a major update, also due to security concerns. So while you’re at it, be sure to go to Windows Update (Start, All Programs, Windows Update) to verify that your computer has ben upgraded. It might be wise to do that, even if you have updates done automatically, just to be safe.

And finally, this is a great chance to make sure our computers are all updated for other programs we use, back ups are all current, and the computer is defragmented, spyware-checked, and virus-inspected. That way, hopefully, we can focus our attention on our Sandwich Generation caregiving and grandparenting, instead of dealing with security concerns and computer woes.

You can find more interesting Current Events news at The Surrendered Scribe, where today she is writing on health insurance.