July 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Don’t wait for Patch Tuesday
There’s been lots of excitement around the recently announced print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-34527, commonly referred to as PrintNightmare. The excitement stems from the …
Chris Lyon joins ForgeRock as SVP and global head of engineering
ForgeRock announced the appointment of Chris Lyon as senior vice president and global head of engineering. In his new role, Lyon will lead global engineering and report to …
May 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Spring cleaning is in order
There’s an event referred to as spring cleaning, where we take some time from our regular routines to focus on bringing order back to our homes. We remove the junk that has …
Fastly increases WebAssembly contributions to support secure-by-design software ecosystem
Fastly has expanded its investments in the WebAssembly ecosystem, reinforcing its belief that this emerging technology unlocks a more performant, secure, and flexible future …
April 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Security best practices
March kept us all very busy with the ongoing out-of-band Microsoft updates for Exchange Server and the printing BSODs, which plagued us since last Patch Tuesday. It looks like …
February 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: The human communication aspect
We spend a lot of time each month discussing the technical details surrounding vulnerabilities, software updates, and the tools we use for patch management in our …
January 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs Defender zero-day RCE
On this January 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has plugged 83 CVEs, including a Microsoft Defender zero-day Adobe has delivered security updates for a variety of products SAP …
January 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: New focus on security and software development
2020 is in the rearview mirror and most of us can’t get away fast enough. It was a year unlike any other, but 2021 looks to be unique as well. The year started out with …
December 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Always consider the risk
The final Patch Tuesday of the year is upon us and what a year it has been. Forcing many changes this year, the pandemic has impacted the way we conduct both security and IT …
Holiday gifts getting smarter, but creepier when it comes to privacy and security
A Hamilton Beach Smart Coffee Maker that could eavesdrop, an Amazon Halo fitness tracker that measures the tone of your voice, and a robot-building kit that puts your kid’s …
November 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Kernel flaw
On this November 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has plugged 112 security holes, including an actively exploited one Adobe has delivered security updates for Adobe Reader Mobile …
November 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Significant OS changes ahead
November Patch Tuesday and the end-of-year holidays are rapidly approaching. Microsoft gave us a late release or maybe an early gift depending upon how you look at the new …