Have you ever sshed into your server and seen the dreaded XXX updates are security updates?

Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-73-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/

  System information as of Mon Jul 18 21:28:50 UTC 2016

  System load:  0.0               Processes:           131
  Usage of /:   51.9% of 9.71GB   Users logged in:     1
  Memory usage: 45%               IP address for eth0: 10.0.1.41
  Swap usage:   0%

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    https://landscape.canonical.com/

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89 packages can be updated.
62 updates are security updates.

There is an easy fix

sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get update && sudo reboot

And tell ubuntu you want automatic updates (select the Yes screen):

sudo dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades