August Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification
We have a big Patch Tuesday this month. Microsoft started by releasing 8 updates and slipped in a later 9th later in the week last week. That is just the beginning. As of this morning we have...
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Microsoft re-released MS14-045, which was causing blue screens for some customers. Our content team did release an out-of-band content update to add the new version of MS14-045. It was released as a...
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September Patch Tuesday Round-Up
This month may have been a light release from Microsoft, but there was still plenty of updates to deploy. Microsoft released four security updates, one of which was critical, resolving 42...
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Different vendor perspectives on security and vulnerabilities. Which is...
We rely on a lot of software in this highly connected world. We have things such as The Internet of Things, BYOD, Shadow IT. All of these trendy phrases mean we have a lot more riding on the software...
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Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification December 2014
This month is a bit quieter than last month’s barrage of patches as there are only seven bulletins announced, of which three are Critical and four are Important. The Microsoft Exchange patch (likely...
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December Patch Day Round-Up
Although it was not as large as the November Patch Tuesday, December’s Patch Tuesday still had some important updates to close out the year. Microsoft released seven bulletins, three of which were...
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Patch Tuesday February 2015
It is February and already we have seen some excitement so far this year. Between Microsoft dissolving the ANS (Advanced Notification Service), to Google’s Project Zero team rigidly adhering to their...
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March 2015 Patch Tuesday
In March of 2014, we saw five updates from Microsoft, which brought the year to date patch count to 16. Here we are in March 2015 and this month’s Patch Tuesday release is nearly equal to the total...
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April 2015 Patch Tuesday
Patch Tuesday excitement is building. There is at least one known Flash vulnerability being exploited in the wild and one Microsoft vulnerability that has been publicly disclosed this month. Microsoft...
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May Patch Tuesday 2015
Well Patch Tuesday isn’t dead yet. At least according to four of your favorite vendors who just released updates for the May Patch Tuesday. Microsoft, Adobe, Mozilla and Google updates are upon us....
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September Patch Tuesday, a lot of Microsoft with a touch of Adobe
This feels like a light month compared to the last few Patch Tuesdays, especially for third parties. Coming off of Black Hat, all the vendors we would normally expect to see on patch day have had...
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October Patch Tuesday 2015
Microsoft is taking it easy on us this month. But don’t worry, Adobe, Google and Oracle are adding to the Patch Tuesday queue this month. Microsoft has released just six bulletins this Patch Tuesday....
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December Patch Tuesday 2015
December Patch Tuesday is upon us. Let’s see if we have presents under the tree or coal in our stockings… Microsoft has released 12 bulletins, eight of which are Critical, resolving a total of 71...
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A look at the top 5 most vulnerable vendors from 2015
I have read a number of speculative articles recently, discussing the number of bulletins and vulnerabilities released\resolved by Microsoft. Was it due to the introduction of Windows 10, Edge and...
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January Patch Tuesday 2016
January 2016 is going to be anything but boring. Microsoft has a large lineup of updates. The bulletin list opens up 2016 with 10 bulletins — minus one. MS16-009 has been skipped and Microsoft went to...
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February Patch Tuesday 2016
February Patch Tuesday started a bit early with Oracle releasing an out-of-band update for Java to resolve a critical vulnerability that allows DLL Hijacking. Microsoft has released 13 bulletins, six...
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March Patch Tuesday 2016
March Patch Tuesday has a great deal of updates, but no public disclosures or exploited vulnerabilities as of yet. Let’s start with what we know for sure: Microsoft has released 13 bulletins, five of...
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March Patch Tuesday Round-Up
Things were going too smoothly this month, but it did not take long to accumulate some curve balls to make your March patching more interesting. As we expected, Flash was very close to a release on...
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May Patch Tuesday 2016
May’s Patch Tuesday has a few juicy surprises for us. On the Microsoft side, there is one vulnerability being exploited in the wild that affects both Internet Explorer (MS16-051) and Windows...
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June Patch Tuesday 2016
I am chilling up in Daresbury, UK this Patch Tuesday, so instead of working through lunch I am working through dinner. ROOM SERVICE! There are two not so very surprising events this evening. First, it...
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