Security News

September 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Microsoft security update will be complete
2019-09-06 05:21

Microsoft began an aggressive six-month campaign in March of this year to switch the digital signature on all operating system and product updates from using Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) to...

August 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs critical wormable RDP holes
2019-08-14 10:54

It’s that time of the month again: Microsoft, Adobe and Intel have pushed out fixes for a bucketload of security issues in their various software. Microsoft’s security updates should take...

Patch Tuesday, August 2019 Edition
2019-08-13 21:57

Most Microsoft Windows (ab)users probably welcome the monthly ritual of applying security updates about as much as they look forward to going to the dentist: It always seems like you were there...

Shades of BlueKeep: Wormable Remote Desktop Bugs Top August Patch Tuesday List
2019-08-13 20:29

The flaws allow remote code-execution without user interaction or authentication, and are highly exploitable.

August 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Expect updates from Adobe, stay current on other updates
2019-08-09 05:45

Microsoft released details on August 6 regarding another variant of the Spectre Variant 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125). The vulnerability was actually patched...

Windows 7 users upset by unwanted Patch Tuesday telemetry
2019-07-12 10:20

This is either a minor controversy blown out of proportion, or the latest example of Microsoft’s disregard for its users’ wishes.

Two zero days and 15 critical flaws fixed in July’s Patch Tuesday
2019-07-10 11:08

Patch Tuesday July 2019 offers fixes for a total of 77 vulnerabilities, including 15 marked critical, rounded out by two zero-day flaws.

July 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs two actively exploited zero-days
2019-07-10 08:58

For July 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has pushed out patches for 78 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities (15 of them critical) and Adobe for three, but none of them in its most widely used software....

Patch Tuesday Lowdown, July 2019 Edition
2019-07-09 22:32

Microsoft today released software updates to plug almost 80 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. Among them are fixes for two zero-day flaws that are actively...

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Releases July 2019 Security Updates
2019-07-09 18:03

Microsoft today released its monthly batch of software security updates for the July month to patch a total of 77 vulnerabilities, 14 are rated Critical, 62 are Important, and 1 is rated Moderate...