Patch Tuesday
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, …
Microsoft patches actively exploited Windows zero-day (CVE-2021-40449)
On October 2021 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed 71 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities. Of those, only one was a zero-day exploited in attacks in the wild (CVE-2021-40449) and …
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 …
Microsoft patches actively exploited MSHTML zero-day RCE (CVE-2021-40444)
On September 2021 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed 66 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities in a wide variety of its solutions. Of these, the most crucial to address is …
September 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: It’s new operating system season
Summer vacations are coming to a close and, for many, the children are finally going back to school providing some quiet time. I hope everyone is well rested because the fall …
Microsoft patches actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2021-36948), more Print Spooler flaws
Microsoft’s August 2021 Patch Tuesday is pretty lightweight, through it covers a wide variety of Microsoft solutions. 44 CVE-numbered security holes have been plugged, …
August 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Dealing with emergency patching
The PrintNightmare print spooler vulnerability, CVE-2021-34527, caused a lot of excitement last month. If you’re still in an active patch cycle, ensure you install the latest …
July 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 4 actively exploited bugs
On this July 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has fixed 117 CVEs, 4 of which are actively exploited Adobe has delivered security updates for Acrobat and Reader, Bridge, …
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 …
June 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes six actively exploited zero-days
On this June 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has fixed 50 security vulnerabilities, six of which are actively exploited zero-days Adobe has delivered security updates for …
June 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Patch management is back in the spotlight
Every day you look in the security news, there are reports of new ransomware attacks. Just after May Patch Tuesday we heard about the Colonial Pipeline attack, and this week …
May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe fixes exploited Reader 0-day, Microsoft patches 55 holes
On this May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe has fixed a Reader flaw exploited in attacks in the wild, as well as delivered security updates for eleven other products, including …