Bad Day for Internet Security
 
    Well today wasn't the best day of internet security. Adobe has annouced the new security holes have been found in both the Adobe reader and flash players. The security holes will allow hackers to crash or remote take over of your computer. Adobe is hoping to have the patches to fix the issues in the next several week. As predicted here at Internet Safety Center we are expecting several security flaws for Adobe products this year. The reader and flash players have become some bloated with stuff you don't need it is just asking for security issues. Adobe over the last couple of years just kept adding new things to their software and didn't have security in mind. Now Adobe will have to pay the price for that model of thinking.
Verify that when the patches are released you install them. This will help with the overall computer security. 
 
Identity Theft Prevention
 
Today was also not a good day for identity theft prevention. A Health care company in California allowed the information of 800,000 individuals. The medical records and Social Security Numbers werer exposed. If you get a notice about your information was exposed verify that your sign up the credit watch service. They will offer the monitor your credit for a year or two to eliminate fraud.
 
Microsoft Updates
 
Windows XP users are stating that one of the updates released durign the monthly patch Tuesday is causing problem. They are reporting that after installing the updates it causes a blue screen of death. Computer users are having to restore the operating system and in some instances all data on computer is lost.