{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Seven Hundred Patches, and Windows Update Only Covers Microsoft","description":"Microsoft shipped more than 700 security patches in a single recent stretch. The host's reaction is the honest one \u2014 do they not test any of this? \u2014 and Craig's answer is the part that matters more: those 700 cover Microsoft's own software, and not even all of it. Everything else on the machine stays exactly where it was. That is the whole segment in one line. Windows Update never touches third-party software. Adobe Reader, the PDF tools, the utilities, the things installed years ago and never thought about again \u2014 none of it is in that count. Craig also explains what changed about timing. For years the math ran in your favor: a flaw was found, and it took somewhere between six months and a year before anyone built something that could use it. That was your slack. You could wait for a quiet weekend. That window has closed to roughly a day, which means a patch you postpone is no longer a patch you postponed. Also in this segment: Why the loan robocalls keep coming, what the callback is actually fishing for, and why the number always looks local Apple pushing security updates more visibly and more often, and why that is the right instinct China's open-source model strategy, the new K3 release at about a third of the cost, and whether the U.S. would ever do the same Craig previews Thursday's free Insider Session at 2 p.m.: the top three unpatched programs likely on your computer right now, how to check, and how to fix them. Free newsletter and Insider Session announcements: CraigPeterson.com ","author_name":"Craig Peterson - Secure Your Business, Your Privacy, and Save Your Sanity","author_url":"https:\/\/cptt.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"