Patch Tuesday

Building a strong cybersecurity program for the long haul

June 12, 2017

Patch Tuesday is approaching and there is a chance it might be a boring one. Hopefully, I didn’t jinx things by saying that, but I think most of what we’ll see is a bit of …

Viral phishing scams and vulnerabilities: What to watch out for this Patch Tuesday

May 8, 2017

I am about to head to Las Vegas for Ivanti’s Interchange 2017 at The Mirage hotel and feeling a bit in a gambling mood, so I am going to take a shot at this month’s forecast …

Compared to last month’s Patch Tuesday, April will be a light drizzle

April 10, 2017

March saw a sizable release from Microsoft after a missed Patch Tuesday. Any way about it, April will be a lighter month than March. Windows 10 1703 has officially released to …

March Patch Tuesday closes record number of vulnerabilities

March 15, 2017

With no February Patch Tuesday, it was to be expected that Microsoft would fix a huge number of security issues in March. They didn’t disappoint: 139 unique CVEs have …

By the end of March no one will remember that Microsoft missed a Patch Tuesday

March 13, 2017

Like the weather in Minnesota, the March Patch Forecast is unpredictable at best. Be prepared for turbulent times interspersed with moments of calm. Will March Patch Tuesday …

Microsoft postpones Patch Tuesday

February 15, 2017

Patch Tuesday is the day when most system administrators sit down and perform critical patching of the systems under their control – or at least begin testing the …

Will February’s Patch Tuesday fix a known zero-day?

February 10, 2017

Coming into Patch Tuesday we have a known zero day on the Microsoft side, and we’ve seen example code for an SMB exploit that could lead to DoS and BYOD of a system. US …

New year, new patches: A look back and what to expect in the future

January 9, 2017

As to be expected when ringing in a new year, there are predictions galore flooding social media and that includes the cybersecurity space. Predications are more than just …

Post-pumpkin Patch Tuesday: What’s in store for November

November 3, 2016

There has been a lot of activity since October’s Patch Tuesday. During that short period of time, Oracle released its quarterly CPU, including an update for Java JRE; Adobe …

October Patch Tuesday: Changes, urgent updates and what’s coming next

October 12, 2016

The leaves aren’t the only things changing this October. Patch Tuesday is here and with it comes some interesting updates from big names in the software space. This month, …

Microsoft ends Tuesday patches

September 14, 2016

Yesterday was a big day for Patch Tuesday. It was the last traditional Windows Patch Tuesday as Microsoft is moving to a new patching release model. In the future, patches …

Microsoft releases five critical updates

August 10, 2016

Microsoft continued a trend of fewer updates than we are used to with only 9 bulletins (5 critical and 4 important) released this month. It stands to reason that Microsoft may …