Patch Tuesday
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 …
October 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes potentially wormable Windows TCP/IP RCE flaw
On this October 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has plugged 87 security holes, including critical ones in the Windows TCP/IP stack and Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft 365 Apps …
October 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Trick or treat?
It’s October and that means Halloween will be here at the end of the month. It won’t be much fun if we only get to ‘dress up’ and look at each other via video conference. But …
September 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes over 110 CVEs again
On this September 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has plugged 129 security holes, including a critical RCE flaw that could be triggered by sending a specially crafted email to …
September 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Back to school?
Another month has passed working from home and September Patch Tuesday is upon us. For most of us here in the US, September usually signals back to school for our children and …
August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two vulnerabilities under attack
On this August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has plugged 120 flaws, two of which are being exploited in attacks in the wild Adobe has delivered security updates for Adobe …
August 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Planning for the end?
There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the COVID-19 crisis, but there are some important end-of-life/end-of-support dates we should be aware of when it comes to software. …
July 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs wormable Windows DNS Server RCE flaw
On this July 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has plugged 18 critical and 105 high-severity flaws, Adobe has delivered security updates for ColdFusion, Adobe Genuine Service, …
July 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Will the CVE trend continue?
Microsoft has averaged roughly 90 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) fixes per month over the past five months. With everyone working from home and apparently focused …
June 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes record monthly number of CVEs
On this June 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has plugged 11 critical and 118 high-severity security holes, while Adobe has delivered security updates for Flash, Framemaker and …
June 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Steady as she goes
It’s hard to believe we’re almost halfway through our 2020 Patch Tuesdays already. Working from home has a strange effect on time – each day seems very long, but the weeks are …
May 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 111 flaws, Adobe 36
For the May 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed 111 CVE-numbered flaws and Adobe 36, but none are under active attack. Microsoft’s updates For the third time in the …