patching

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 …

Oracle splats 276 bugs with mammoth Critical Patch Update

July 20, 2016

In case you missed it, Oracle’s July 2016 Critical Patch Update is out, and it’s bigger than ever before. It plugs 276 security issues across hundreds of Oracle …

0patch: Microscopic cures for big security holes

June 7, 2016

Software vulnerabilities are one of today’s most significant information security issues. Disclosing high profile vulnerabilities has become tremendously rewarding, to the …

Microsoft releases eight critical updates

May 11, 2016

Microsoft has released its May patch updates and it was a rather large deployment with 16 total updates this month. The critical versus important updates were split down the …

Oracle patches 136 flaws in 49 products

April 20, 2016

Oracle released the April 2016 Critical Patch Update, which provides fixes for 136 vulnerabilities in 49 products, including Java SE and MySQL, the company’s Database …

Qualys delivers scalable, cloud-based patching

March 2, 2016

Qualys announced at RSA Conference an OEM partnership with HEAT Software to deliver a cloud-based patch management offering to its global customers. The partnership allows …