March 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Pressure mounts to resolve vulnerabilities
February 2022 Patch Tuesday was an anomaly. Not only did we see record low numbers of vulnerabilities addressed across all of Microsoft’s operating systems, but we also saw …
February 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: A rough start for 2022
January 2022 Patch Tuesday was a rough one for Microsoft — and us. In the week following Patch Tuesday, Microsoft was forced to pull and subsequently re-issue several updates …
January 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Old is new again
Welcome to 2022 and a new year of patch management excitement! I’m rapidly approaching 40 years working in this industry and I can honestly say there is rarely a dull day. If …
December 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: How do you stack up?
I can’t believe that the end of 2021 is already in sight, and looking backwards, I have to say we’ve had our share of interesting events. If I had to characterize it from a …
November 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: More mandates in the United States
The global holiday season is upon us with Diwali happening now, Thanksgiving the end of the month, and then on to Christmas and New Years! But before we all start celebrating, …
October 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Halloween came early this year
Halloween is not until the end of the month, but there has already been a lot of scary activity leading up to this patch Tuesday. PrintNightmare and Apple zero-days are just a …
Creepy data collection and sharing remain common on popular apps
In a recent Mozilla review of the privacy features of 21 popular video call apps, only two were singled out for outstanding features (Signal and Threema). Meanwhile, three …
September 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: It’s new operating system season
Summer vacations are coming to a close and, for many, the children are finally going back to school providing some quiet time. I hope everyone is well rested because the fall …
Firefox 91 delivers new security and privacy options
Released on August 10, Firefox 91 delivers HTTPS by Default in Private Browsing mode and an enhanced cookie clearing option. Increased security with HTTPS by Default HTTP over …
Cloudflare’s Project Pangea helps underserved communities expand access to the internet for free
Cloudflare announced Project Pangea, a new initiative to improve internet access for underserved communities around the world. Through Project Pangea, eligible local …
July 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 4 actively exploited bugs
On this July 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has fixed 117 CVEs, 4 of which are actively exploited Adobe has delivered security updates for Acrobat and Reader, Bridge, …
July 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Don’t wait for Patch Tuesday
There’s been lots of excitement around the recently announced print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-34527, commonly referred to as PrintNightmare. The excitement stems from the …