Blinded By the Updates

One of the mailing lists I subscribe to is the "Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert" from www.sans.org . It comes out weekly, and lists all new vulnerabilities of software - commercial and open source.

This week's list is notable for the many commonly used programs. No, not just Windows. The problem is that you might become a bit complacent if all you do is use Windows Update.

Here's a list of the software that caught my eye (in no particular order)

• Apple Mac OSX
• Apple QuickTime
• Novell Client
• Symantec BackupExec
• Adobe Reader
• ClamAV
• Apple iPhoto
• MPlayer
• Yahoo! Music Jukebox
• Nero Media Player
• Checkpoint SecureClient/SecuRemote
• Apple iPhoto
• WordPress plugins

Do you have an update strategy for keeping all of these applications current? Or do you just rely on Microsoft's Automatic Updates and your anti-virus update?