Patch Tuesday
Microsoft to release four critical bulletins
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2012 contains six bulletins. The number of bulletins isn’t huge but the potential harm is great. Of the …
Microsoft patches seven distinct vulnerabilities
We have a total of six bulletins from Microsoft this month, addressing seven distinct vulnerabilities. It’s a pretty light month, but all of your focus should be on …
Microsoft to release 6 bulletins on Patch Tuesday
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advanced Notification for March 2012 covers six bulletins which include one critical, four important, and one moderate. Bulletin 1 is labeled …
February Patch Tuesday lighter than expected
It turns out that this February Patch Tuesday is lighter than we had anticipated. Some of the nine bulletins should be less worrisome to IT admins: the Office vulnerability …
January 2012 Patch Tuesday preview
Microsoft is starting 2012 with a surprisingly large first release of seven security bulletins covering eight separate vulnerabilities. In contrast, in past years we usually …
Microsoft patches 19 vulnerabilities
For the December Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released thirteen security bulletins that fix vulnerabilities targeting Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office. Three are marked as …
Light Patch Tuesday features four bulletins
For the November Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released four bulletins that fix vulnerabilities targeting Windows. One is marked as critical, two are important, and the last one is …
October 2011 Patch Tuesday fixes 23 vulnerabilities
In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivers 8 security bulletins (two rated “critical,” six “important”) that address 23 vulnerabilities …
Microsoft re-releases botched security update
Microsoft has re-released a security update for Windows XP and Server 2003 after it has realized that the initial one – released last Tuesday in order to add six more …
Light Patch Tuesday fixes 15 vulnerabilities
In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivers 5 security bulletins (all rated “important”) that address 15 vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Microsoft Office …
Microsoft releases 13 security bulletins, fixes 22 vulnerabilities
Today Microsoft released 13 security bulletins, two rated Critical, nine Important and two Moderate. These bulletins address 22 unique vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, …
Half of organizations face downtime due to patching
53 per cent of companies are affected by downtime when it comes to deploying patches, according to Dell KACE. A further 29 per cent of companies had IT teams conduct patching …