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Patch Tuesday Lowdown, October 2019 Edition
2019-10-09 06:00

On Tuesday Microsoft issued software updates to fix almost five dozen security problems in Windows and software designed to run on top of it. By most accounts, it's a relatively light patch batch...

Microsoft Releases October 2019 Patch Tuesday Updates
2019-10-08 18:18

Microsoft today rolling out its October 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates to fix a total of 59 vulnerabilities in Windows operating systems and related software, 9 of which are rated as...

October 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Be sure to apply service stack updates
2019-10-04 06:00

School is back in session across most of the world, and here in the United States most students look forward to a school holiday called ‘fall break.’ While we never have a Patch Tuesday off, this...

September 2019’s Patch Tuesday: 2 zero-days, 17 critical bugs
2019-09-12 11:33

Sometimes, a Patch Tuesday update arrives with a bang that sends users scrambling for cover - September's update earns that description.

September 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs two actively exploited zero-days
2019-09-11 09:08

For the September 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivered fixes for 80 CVE-numbered security issues (including to actively exploited zero-days), Adobe fixed flaws in Flash Player and Application...

Patch Tuesday, September 2019 Edition
2019-09-10 20:09

Microsoft today issued security updates to plug some 80 security holes in various flavors of its Windows operating systems and related software. The software giant assigned a "critical" rating to...

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.