As has been widely reported, earlier this week, a major security vulnerability was discovered that affects all versions of Internet Explorer 6 through 11 for Windows.
Microsoft released a patch on Thursday that will automatically be installed and updated for any users that have enabled automatic updates. If you have not enabled automatic updates, please review this Microsoft tech bulletin for more information:
Also reported earlier this week was a security vulnerability found in Adobe Flash. Adobe has released a patch that will automatically be installed and updated for any users that have enabled automatic updates. If you have not enabled automatic updates, please review this Adobe bulletin for more information:
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-13.html