June Patch Tuesday: WSUS Needs Your Attention Microsoft has released 91 patches today—the largest release of the year so far. For those using WSUS 3.0 SP2, one update must be manually installed. Patch Tuesday Release Microsoft have released 91 patches today covering IE, Edge, ChakraCore, Skype, Windows and Office. There are 21 rated Critical and…
Not Your Usual Patch Tuesday: May Updates May includes a rare but urgent patch for previously unsupported versions: Windows XP, 7 and Server 2003. Microsoft has released a security fix for several unsupported versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. If you are a user of either of those systems, you need…
April Patch Tuesday: Stop Active Exploits Microsoft’s security release for April covers 74 vulnerabilities in a wide range of products, including two actively exploited zero-days. Microsoft have released 74 patches today covering IE, Edge, Exchange, Windows and Office. There are 13 rated Critical and 61 are Important. In this release there are no Moderate or…
March Patch Tuesday: Eliminate the Exploits It’s the second Tuesday of March, which means it’s time for another round of Patch Tuesday security updates. Microsoft has released 64 patches today covering IE, Edge, Exchange, Windows and Office. There are 17 rated Critical, 45 rated Important, 1 is rated Moderate and 1 is rated Low in severity—this is much less than last month’s release…
Adobe Patches Critical Flaw Twice in One Week In a matter of days, Adobe has patched a critical information disclosure flaw in Reader twice. Adobe has been tripping over its own patches this week. After its original fix failed, Adobe has issued yet another patch for a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Acrobat Reader. The…
February Patch Tuesday: Disable Windows Update It’s the second Tuesday of February, which means it’s time for another round of Patch Tuesday security updates from Microsoft. Microsoft has released almost 80 security patches today covering IE, Edge, Exchange, Windows, .NET Framework and Office. There are only 20 rated Critical, 54 rated Important, and 3 are rated Moderate in severity. Four…
Patch Tuesday Release: The Latest News Microsoft has released 49 security patches today. There are seven Critical severity patches in this release however almost half resolve a remote code execution issue. Eleven of the others are important remote code execution patches, and one of these patches is listed as publicly known which we are highly…
Ransomware Aftershocks Even after remediation, the effects of ransomware can still be felt. The feelings of security have been stripped away and replaced with a nauseating sensation of vulnerability. A public TV and radio station in San Francisco, KQED, knows this feeling. After being infected with ransomware demanding 1.7 bitcoin per PC, the FBI advised wiping…
