Heading into October Patch Tuesday on the heels of big announcements from Microsoft
October is here and Patch Tuesday is next week, followed quickly by Halloween. Don’t be scared (unless you are a Facebook user)! The winds of change are blowing this fall …
Adobe fixes 47 critical flaws in Acrobat and Reader
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader, and they fix a prodigious amount of critical (47) and important (39) vulnerabilities affecting both software …
September Patch Tuesday forecast: Evaluate third-party updates alongside Microsoft release
There’s some good and some bad news for the Patch Tuesday forecast this month. The good news is a number of vendors have just released last week, clearing the slate for what …
August Patch Tuesday forecast: Looking ahead after a frustrating July
Approaching August Patch Tuesday, we are supposed to be in the ‘dog days’ of summer where everything slows down. Unfortunately, July was full of CVEs and stability fixes with …
Microsoft plugs 53 security holes in July 2018 Patch Tuesday
For its July 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has patched 53 vulnerabilities. 17 of them are critical and 16 of those affect Internet Explorer and Edge. Microsoft updates …
July 2018 Patch Tuesday forecast: The fireworks and the finale
Patch management is kind of like fireworks around the fourth of July. Momentary excitement with lulls that repeat several times until the culminate in a finale! Well there are …
Adobe releases fix for actively exploited Flash Player zero-day
If you’re still using Flash Player, it’s time to update it again – and quickly: Adobe has just patched a critical zero day vulnerability (CVE-2018-5002) …
What patches to prioritize following the April 2018 Patch Tuesday?
Patch Tuesday came and went and, as usual, Microsoft and Adobe have released patches/security updates for vulnerabilities affecting a wide variety of their products. …
April Patch Tuesday forecast: Expect updates for Adobe Flash, others
Springtime is here! Although up here in Minnesota you wouldn’t believe it as we received snowfalls that rivaled anything in the past 34 years! As spring arrives you think of …
Microsoft, Adobe February 2018 security updates: An overview
The Microsoft February 2018 security updates are for Internet Explorer, Edge, Windows, Office, Office Services and Web Apps, Adobe Flash, and ChakraCore (the core part of the …
February Patch Tuesday forecast: Key updates to act on
Love is in the air! Can’t you feel it? This Patch Tuesday falls the day before the most romantic day of the year – Valentine’s Day! We’ve been hearing …
About the Flash zero-day currently exploited in the wild
The zero-day Flash Player vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) that Adobe warned about on Thursday was leveraged by North Korean hackers. FireEye calls the group TEMP.Reaper and …
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