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The old adage about April being the cruelest month looks to be true with this hefty and significant update to all of Microsoft’s platforms.

By Greg Lambert

Apr 10, 2019 4 mins

Adobe Systems Microsoft Small and Medium Business

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This is a big month for Microsoft updates. With 64 reported vulnerabilities addressed in this month’s Patch Tuesday release, the focus is on the two zero-days for Microsoft Windows. Both Windows 7 and Windows 10 platforms are affected, leading ....

By Greg Lambert

Mar 13, 2019 5 mins

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75 vulnerabilities addressed, critical updates for IE and Windows and a large number of patches to Microsoft’s development platform make this a substantial Patch Tuesday.

By Greg Lambert

Feb 13, 2019 5 mins

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With a gentle start to Microsoft updates for 2019, Microsoft has addressed 47 vulnerabilities with updates to Windows, Chakra, Edge and IE11. The only critical updates this month relate to both Microsoft browsers.

By Greg Lambert

Jan 9, 2019 4 mins

Adobe Systems JavaScript Small and Medium Business

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After a bit of a hiatus, Greg Lambert is back with all the info you need on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update cycle.

By Greg Lambert

Oct 11, 2018 5 mins

Microsoft Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

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The primary concern for this month are the updates to IE and Edge, but a handful of others warrant attention, too.

By Greg Lambert

Dec 18, 2017 4 mins

Browsers Office Suites Small and Medium Business

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A relatively light series of updates from Microsoft this month.

By Greg Lambert

Nov 17, 2017 4 mins

Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business Windows

opinion

This is an unusual October Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft. Normally, we would see a number of urgent critical updates from Microsoft for severe, massively damaging exploits in either Adobe Flash Player or several less severe but still urgent is....

By Greg Lambert

Oct 12, 2017 4 mins

Operating Systems Small and Medium Business Windows

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September brings a relatively large patch profile for Microsoft with 76 reported vulnerabilities, three public disclosures (thank you, Google) and unfortunately one zero day exploit.

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Sep 13, 2017 5 mins

Operating Systems Small and Medium Business Windows

opinion

This month's Patch Tuesday is unique. Microsoft is not only attempting to address a record 94 vulnerabilities, but also provided security updates for several operating systems that are no longer supported, including Windows XP and Vista.

By Greg Lambert

Jun 16, 2017 6 mins

Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

opinion

For this May Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Microsoft attempts to resolve 56 reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Windows, both Browsers and the .NET development platform. Three of the vulnerabilities have been reported publicly and several have b....

By Greg Lambert

May 12, 2017 5 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

opinion

Last month, we had the largest ever release of patches and updates from Microsoft. This month, we see the biggest change to Patch Tuesday since October 2003.

By Greg Lambert

Apr 14, 2017 3 mins

Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

opinion

After last month’s rather brief Patch Tuesday from Microsoft, we see one of the largest ever releases of updates for Windows and Microsoft Office -- and of course another critical update for Adobe Flash Player.

By Greg Lambert

Mar 15, 2017 8 mins

Computers Microsoft Small and Medium Business

opinion

Microsoft released a single update last week with this February Patch Tuesday, after a week's delay. Or, perhaps MS17-005 is considered an out-of-band update from Microsoft?

By Greg Lambert

Feb 27, 2017 2 mins

Adobe Systems Small and Medium Business Windows

opinion

After a short break since our Patch Tuesday debugged analysis in January, it looks like we are going to have some delay with Patch Tuesday in February due to a last minute technical issue with the Microsoft release process.

By Greg Lambert

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

opinion

This is the final Patch Tuesday for the year and also the last one using the "per-patch" detailed format. Starting in January, we will match the latest Microsoft patch deployment grouping or "roll-ups."

By Greg Lambert

Dec 19, 2016 5 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office

opinion

With 14 bulletins for this November Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has updated Windows and Office and has also had to wrap another Adobe Flash Player update to manage two zero-day exploits.

By Greg Lambert

Nov 10, 2016 5 mins

Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office Security

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October's change of season brings a fundamental change to how Microsoft presents and delivers updates to Windows 7 and 8.x systems.

By Greg Lambert

Oct 14, 2016 5 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Security

opinion

Microsoft traditionally has a large patch release for September. This September's Patch Tuesday is no exception with 14 updates, seven rated as critical, seven rated as important, altogether resolving a total of 50 reported vulnerabilities.

By Greg Lambert

Sep 14, 2016 7 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Office Security

opinion

This August Patch Tuesday from Microsoft brings a relatively light series of updates, with five rated as critical and the remaining four rated as important. Aside from the relatively few updates from Microsoft, there are no zero-day or publicly discl....

By Greg Lambert

Aug 10, 2016 4 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office

opinion

I think that we were all hoping for a “boring” Patch Tuesday for this July update cycle. With “only” 11 updates, six rated as critical and the remaining patches rated as important, this month does provide some relief from the ....

By Greg Lambert

Jul 13, 2016 6 mins

Security Small and Medium Business Windows

opinion

A few months ago, we saw the end of Oracle JAVA Plugin support, and now we see the end of QuickTime with the call to remove it from your systems. If only we could get rid of Adobe Flash.

By Greg Lambert

Jun 15, 2016 6 mins

Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office Security

opinion

With eight updates rated as critical and the remaining patches rated as important, Microsoft seems to have adopted a new clustering approach to patches.

By Greg Lambert

May 12, 2016 7 mins

Computers Enterprise Applications Security

opinion

Although there has been a large amount of hype relating to the latest security scare (BadLock), the real issue this month is the Adobe Player vulnerability addressed in MS16-050. Both Microsoft browsers require urgent updates due to more memory corru....

By Greg Lambert

Apr 13, 2016 6 mins

Microsoft Microsoft Edge Small and Medium Business

opinion

Following Microsoft’s recent practice of issuing large updates covering multiple versions of Microsoft IE, Office as well as both desktop and server OS platforms, the 13 updates for March probably represents the new “average” Patch ....

By Greg Lambert

Mar 9, 2016 6 mins

Application Security Computers Small and Medium Business

opinion

This month Microsoft returns to form with 13 patches, with six rated as critical and the remaining seven rated as important. You’ll notice that MS16-010 is missing -- that’s because it was released last month on January 12th, with the sta....

By Greg Lambert

Feb 10, 2016 6 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Small and Medium Business

opinion

Microsoft has started the year with a truly unusual Patch Tuesday. There are nine updates for January, with six rated as critical and the remaining three rated as important (the reverse of the usual distribution in terms of severity). January has a c....

By Greg Lambert

Jan 13, 2016 6 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

opinion

Microsoft has delivered a massive December Patch Tuesday with eight critical and four important updates. This month's patch release addresses a hefty 71 Windows vulnerabilities with two publicly reported exploits already "in the wild."....

By Greg Lambert

Dec 9, 2015 6 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

opinion

Microsoft's November Patch Tuesday brings us four critical updates and eight important patches that attempt to resolve 54 reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. In addition to this release of 12 updates, we will shor....

By Greg Lambert

Nov 12, 2015 8 mins

Application Security Security

opinion

Microsoft has provided a brief respite to the now regular patch onslaught, with a relatively small cohort of six updates for this October Patch Tuesday.

By Greg Lambert

Oct 14, 2015 4 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office

opinion

September can bring unsettled weather and likewise a large variation in the number of Microsoft updates. For this September Patch Tuesday, we see a moderate update, with 12 patches, five rated as critical and the remaining seven rated as important.

By Greg Lambert

Sep 9, 2015 6 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Microsoft Office

opinion

Microsoft has now included most of its system management applications in the Windows update process and as a result we are now seeing consistently large updates of more than 10 patches each month, compared to a historic average of around seven. With ....

By Greg Lambert

Aug 12, 2015 7 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Microsoft Edge

opinion

The July 2015 Patch Tuesday is a surprisingly large update with patches to Internet Explorer, Office, SQL Server and several key Windows components.

By Greg Lambert

Jul 15, 2015 8 mins

Application Security Internet Explorer Microsoft

opinion

Historically, the Microsoft patch cycle for June has been quite light and this Patch Tuesday is no exception with two critical and six important updates.

By Greg Lambert

Jun 10, 2015 6 mins

Application Security Internet Explorer Microsoft Office

opinion

With this May Microsoft Update Tuesday, we see Microsoft delivering 13 security bulletins, with three rated as critical and the remaining ten rated by Microsoft as important.

By Greg Lambert

May 13, 2015 6 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Microsoft Office

opinion

This month Microsoft has released 11 updates, with four rated as critical and the remaining seven rated as important. At first glance, this looks like another large update release from Microsoft, similar to last month's massive release of 15 pat....

By Greg Lambert

Apr 15, 2015 8 mins

Application Security Security

opinion

This month we see another very large patch release from Microsoft, with 14 updates, five rated as critical and the remaining nine rated as important. This is almost twice as many updates as Microsoft released in the first quarter of 2014!

By Greg Lambert

Mar 11, 2015 7 mins

Application Security Security

opinion

For this Microsoft Patch Tuesday, we have three updates rated as critical by Microsoft and six updates rated as important. There are a number of what seem to be straightforward patches included in the February release schedule, but some may require a....

By Greg Lambert

Feb 11, 2015 9 mins

Application Security Security

opinion

With our first collection of security updates and patches for the new year, Microsoft has delivered a relatively light set of eight patches that affect Microsoft Windows systems, with one rated as critical and the remaining seven rated as important. ....

By Greg Lambert

Jan 14, 2015 5 mins

Application Security Internet Explorer Small and Medium Business

opinion

With this December Patch Tuesday, we see a smaller number of patches than expected, with three updates rated as critical and four patches that Microsoft has rated as important. This month, we also see the much delayed Microsoft Exchange update (MS14-....

By Greg Lambert

Dec 10, 2014 6 mins

Application Security Security

opinion

This is a massive update for Microsoft Patch Tuesday with sixteen patches release for November 2014. Comparatively speaking, November has generally been a quiet month with an average five or six security updates over the past 10 years. Interestingly....

By Greg Lambert

Nov 12, 2014 7 mins

Internet Explorer Microsoft Small and Medium Business

opinion

This October Patch Tuesday brings a bumper harvest of updates from a number of vendors including Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Oracle and Google. Of the Microsoft patches, three are rated as critical and six updates are rated as important.

By Greg Lambert

Oct 16, 2014 7 mins

Chrome Internet Explorer Oracle

opinion

For some of us, it’s time to go to back to school, for others it looks like September is a relatively light patch cycle. With this September Patch Tuesday from Microsoft, we see four updates, with one update for Microsoft Internet explorer rate....

By Greg Lambert

Sep 10, 2014 5 mins

Application Security Internet Explorer Patch Management Software

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Aug 13, 2014 9 mins

Application Security Small and Medium Business Windows

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Jun 11, 2014 6 mins

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May 15, 2014 6 mins

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Apr 10, 2014 6 mins

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Mar 13, 2014 5 mins

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Feb 13, 2014 5 mins

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