September 14, 2015
Microsoft's patching capability is on the forefront of everyone’s minds after last month’s trouble regarding the Windows 10 forced patching attempt. This patch cast doubt on the company’s ongoing ability to release reliable updates — and testing against its own...
August 13, 2015
Could it be groundhog day for Windows 10 users? Reports are surfacing of a rouge update causing Windows 10 devices to get stuck in a continual reboot, rebooting over & over again. Although Windows 10 was not expected to be...
July 14, 2015
Zero Day (0-Day) – Adobe released yet another zero day update for their Flash plugin today. This is more serious than last month since Mozilla is ready to stop supporting Flash. As Mark Schmidt, head of Firefox Support, announced earlier...
June 12, 2015
Microsoft will phase out Patch Tuesday, its monthly potpourri of software product fixes, when it rolls out Windows 10, which could be a mixed bag for the operating system's security. Patches will be applied automatically as they're ready. That means users...
June 11, 2015
This month’s baseline of updates may give a false sense of security as most of Microsoft’s updates are only ranked as Important, but of the six Important updates, half of them have a CVSS of 9.3, indicating these updates are...
May 22, 2015
Microsoft announced at the recent Ignite conference that the days of monthly patch updates would be scrapped in favour of 24/7 updates, for Windows 10 at least. Since announcing the news, there’s been many arguing the potential pros and cons...
May 19, 2015
Rob Brown, Director of Services at Verismic and Patch Management expert, discusses the potential impact Microsoft's announcement will have on IT Managers and System Administrators. At the Ignite conference a few weeks ago, Microsoft announced that it would be doing...
April 20, 2015
In this month’s patch updates from Microsoft there’s a total of 11 bulletins - four Critical and seven Important - covering 26 separate vulnerabilities. "We’re going to look at each of the four Critical updates in turn", says Robert Brown,...
March 13, 2015
Each month I’ll be offering insight into Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates, giving advice on which are the most serious vulnerabilities and how to prioritize them. Microsoft rates it’s own vulnerabilities internally, so whilst the ratings can give a good idea...
February 24, 2015
MSPs have the opportunity to position themselves as the authority on patch management for their customers, both in terms of making the best use of time available and patch prioritization. Downtime. One word to strike fear into the hearts of even...