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Mild to medium volume expected for February 2019 Patch Tuesday
If you look at the recent Patch Tuesday lineups, we have seen the usual updates for the Microsoft Windows OS, browsers, and Office. In the last two months we have seen updates …
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Most out of date applications exposed: Shockwave, VLC and Skype top the list
More than half (55%) of PC applications installed worldwide are out-of-date, making PC users and their personal data vulnerable to security risks. Avast’s PC Trends Report …
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January 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Partly cloudy followed by heavy fog around Java
2018 ended with a bit of excitement. Shortly after November Patch Tuesday we saw a pair of Flash Player zero-days (November 20 and December 5), which were followed by just …
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December 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in the wild
It’s Patch Tuesday again and, as per usual, both Microsoft and Adobe have pushed out patches for widely-used software packages. The Microsoft patches Microsoft’s …
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December Patch Tuesday forecast: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Grab your shovels, dust off the snow blower, and bundle up. The way patches are accumulating this month is making me think of winter in Minnesota. I’m talking about the kind …
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Adobe patches newly exploited Flash zero-day
Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for Flash Player that fixes two vulnerabilities, one of which is a zero-day (CVE-2018-15982) that has been spotted being …
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Adobe plugs critical RCE Flash Player flaw, update ASAP! Exploitation may be imminent
Adobe has released a Flash Player update that plugs a critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-15981) that could lead to remote code execution, and is urging users to implement it as …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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