October 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Looking for treats, not more tricks
We’ve entered the final quarter of 2022 with a favorite holiday for many – Halloween, at the end of the month. Unfortunately, Microsoft has continued to play a few tricks on …
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June 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Internet Explorer fades into the sunset
May 2022 Patch Tuesday provided the final releases for several Windows 10 operating systems and this month we’ll see the final update for Internet Explorer 11. But don’t go on …
May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe fixes exploited Reader 0-day, Microsoft patches 55 holes
On this May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe has fixed a Reader flaw exploited in attacks in the wild, as well as delivered security updates for eleven other products, including …
February 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft and Adobe fix exploited zero-days
On this February 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe has fixed a Reader flaw used in limited attacks, as well as delivered security updates for a variety of products, including Acrobat …
August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two vulnerabilities under attack
On this August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has plugged 120 flaws, two of which are being exploited in attacks in the wild Adobe has delivered security updates for Adobe …
Most malware in Q1 2020 was delivered via encrypted HTTPS connections
67% of all malware in Q1 2020 was delivered via encrypted HTTPS connections and 72% of encrypted malware was classified as zero day, so would have evaded signature-based …
Adobe releases more security updates, equips Adobe Acrobat DC with a sandbox
A week after the June 2020 Patch Tuesday, Adobe has plugged more critical security holes in some of its well known graphic design and video and audio editing software. The …
May 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 111 flaws, Adobe 36
For the May 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed 111 CVE-numbered flaws and Adobe 36, but none are under active attack. Microsoft’s updates For the third time in the …
A week after Patch Tuesday, Adobe drops security fixes for six offerings
Adobe failed to release security updates on March 2020 Patch Tuesday, but has pushed them out this Tuesday, for Acrobat and Reader, Photoshop, ColdFusion, Experience Manager, …
February 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 99 vulnerabilities, Adobe 42
February 2020 Patch Tuesday is here. To mark the occasion, Microsoft has released fixes for 99 vulnerabilities – 12 critical, one of which is being exploited in the wild …
Adobe splats bucketful of bugs in Acrobat and Reader
If you thought that Adobe skipped this month’s Patch Tuesday because there were no immediate vulnerabilities to fix, you were wrong: a week later the company dropped …
PDFex attacks can exfiltrate content from encrypted PDF documents
Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and Münster University of Applied Sciences have devised new attacks allowing them (and potential attackers) to recover the plaintext …