Security News > 2021 > March > Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2021 Edition

On the off chance you were looking for more security to-dos from Microsoft todaythe company released software updates to plug more than 82 security flaws in Windows and other supported software.

This is probably a good place to quote Ghacks.net's Martin Brinkman: This is the last patch hurrah for the legacy Microsoft Edge web browser, which is being retired by Microsoft.

For the second month in a row, Microsoft has patched scary flaws in the DNS servers on Windows Server 2008 through 2019 versions that could be used to remotely install software of the attacker's choice.

Susan Bradley over at Askwoody.com says "Nothing in the March security updates is causing me to want to urge you to go running to your machines and patch at this time." I'd concur, unless of course you cruise the web with older Microsoft browsers.

"We are seeing issues with printing after the March updates. Ghacks reports BSODs are being triggered after printing. It's unclear if it's all of the March operating system updates or just the Windows 10 versions. Note it appears that Microsoft has pulled the updates from Windows update but NOT from WSUS or the catalog site."

It's a good idea for Windows users to get in the habit of updating at least once a month, but for regular users it's usually safe to wait a few days until after the patches are released, so that Microsoft has time to iron out any kinks in the new armor.

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