Patch Tuesday
June Patch Tuesday forecast: Apply updates before BlueKeep hits the streets
Can you believe it is June already? Summer is rapidly approaching, but it’s been slow to warm up our temperatures here in the US. I can’t say the same thing about the …
Microsoft plugs wormable RDP flaw, new speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities
For May 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 79 vulnerabilities, 22 of which are deemed critical. Among the fixes is that for CVE-2019-0708, a …
May 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Latest OS updates impact performance
Let’s start off the May forecast with a look back at April. For customers running specific endpoint security products, there were some issues with applying April OS updates. …
April 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two actively exploited bugs
Microsoft has plugged 74 CVE-numbered security holes on this April 2019 Patch Tuesday, including two vulnerabilities actively exploited by attackers. All of the bugs are rated …
April Patch Tuesday Forecast: Be aware of end-of-service issues and browser exploits
April Patch Tuesday is nearly here with two significant topics of concern. The first relates to end-of-service milestones and the second issue is browser exploits. Let’s start …
March 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft patches two actively exploited Windows flaws
As part of the March 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 64 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated Critical and 45 Important. Interestingly …
What can we expect of this March Patch Tuesday?
March is here and that means it was time for RSA Conference in San Francisco. I’ve been on the expo floor all week and I can tell you the worldwide security industry is …
February 2019 Patch Tuesday: PrivExchange hole plugged
For the February 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for over 70 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, 20 of which are rated Critical. Also rated Critical are the Adobe …
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 …
January 2019 Patch Tuesday: 49 security patches, 7 critical
Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of 2019 includes 49 security patches, seven of which are listed as Critical. Of all the plugged security holes, none are reported as …
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 …
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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