Microsoft, Apple Ship Big Security Updates

KrebsOnSecurity.com reports Microsoft today released 10 security updates to fix at least 34 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and software designed to run on top of it.This is the largest patch push so far this year from Microsoft.

Users are reminded to turn "on" Microsoft's "AutoUpdate" to download and install patches when they become available. 

Krebs reports in the same post that Apple’s Safari 5.0 update fixes at least four-dozen security vulnerabilities in Safari on Mac OS X and Windows versions. Updates are available for Mac OS X v 10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6.2 or later, Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Mac users can grab the update from Software Update or Apple Downloads; Safari users on Windows will need to update using the bundled Apple Software Update utility.