August 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Printers again?
July 2022 Patch Tuesday came and went quietly as expected. Microsoft addressed 40 CVEs in Windows 11 and 46 CVEs in the Windows 10 set of updates. It was a little unusual …
July 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: A summertime lull?
June 2022 Patch Tuesday wrapped up a few loose ends we were waiting on. The Follina remote code execution vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) …
June 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Internet Explorer fades into the sunset
May 2022 Patch Tuesday provided the final releases for several Windows 10 operating systems and this month we’ll see the final update for Internet Explorer 11. But don’t go on …
May 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Look beyond just application and OS updates
April Patch Tuesday provided an extensive set of operating system and application updates after a few quiet months. Microsoft addressed 97 vulnerabilities in Windows 10, and …
Mozilla fixes Firefox zero-days exploited in the wild (CVE-2022-26485, CVE-2022-26486)
Mozilla has released an out-of-band security update for Firefox, Firefox Focus, and Thunderbird, fixing two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-26485, CVE-2022-26486) exploited …
March 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Pressure mounts to resolve vulnerabilities
February 2022 Patch Tuesday was an anomaly. Not only did we see record low numbers of vulnerabilities addressed across all of Microsoft’s operating systems, but we also saw …
February 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: A rough start for 2022
January 2022 Patch Tuesday was a rough one for Microsoft — and us. In the week following Patch Tuesday, Microsoft was forced to pull and subsequently re-issue several updates …
January 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Old is new again
Welcome to 2022 and a new year of patch management excitement! I’m rapidly approaching 40 years working in this industry and I can honestly say there is rarely a dull day. If …
December 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: How do you stack up?
I can’t believe that the end of 2021 is already in sight, and looking backwards, I have to say we’ve had our share of interesting events. If I had to characterize it from a …
November 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: More mandates in the United States
The global holiday season is upon us with Diwali happening now, Thanksgiving the end of the month, and then on to Christmas and New Years! But before we all start celebrating, …
October 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Halloween came early this year
Halloween is not until the end of the month, but there has already been a lot of scary activity leading up to this patch Tuesday. PrintNightmare and Apple zero-days are just a …
Creepy data collection and sharing remain common on popular apps
In a recent Mozilla review of the privacy features of 21 popular video call apps, only two were singled out for outstanding features (Signal and Threema). Meanwhile, three …
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