Category Archives: Patch Tuesday
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Today is Patch Tuesday for May 2013. Microsoft released ten security bulletins addressing over thirty vulnerabilities. One critical bulletin addresses a recently discovered “zero-day” vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 and, if you are using that browser, should be installed as … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Followup
Microsoft announced on Friday that one of the security updates released during last week’s Patch Tuesday had the unanticipated side-effect of causing some Windows 7 users’ systems to fail. The company has removed the faulty bulletin from Windows Update, so … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Roundup for April 2013
Today is Patch Tuesday for April 2013. Microsoft released nine security bulletins, two of which are considered critical and address vulnerabilities that could allow remote users to execute code on your machines. For more information and to download the updates, … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Roundup for March 2013
Microsoft has seven security bulletins for this month’s Patch Tuesday release, four of which are considered critical and should be applied as soon as possible. For more information, see Microsoft’s Security TechCenter. Last week, Oracle released another round of updates … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Roundup for February 2013
Today is Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday, and it’s a big one. The software company released twelve security bulletins which together address 57 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, and other products. Five of the bulletins are considered critical, and should be … Continue reading
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This Week in Security
The past week saw a number of patches, updates, and alerts. Microsoft released a number of security bulletins on Patch Tuesday. In conjunction, Adobe released updates for Reader, Acrobat, and Flash Player, and issued an advisory about unpatched vulnerabilities in Coldfusion. … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Roundup for January 2013
Today is Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of the new year, and it sees seven security bulletins released, two of which are considered critical. A complete list of the bulletins can be found at Microsoft’s Safety & Security Center. Additionally, Adobe released … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Roundup for December 2012
Microsoft traditionally releases security bulletins on the second Tuesday of each month, and yesterday was no exception. In the final Patch Tuesday of 2012, Microsoft released seven security bulletins (including five considered critical), plus a number of non-security updates. A … Continue reading
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7 Critical Adobe Flash Updates Released
Adobe has released fixes for 7 critical remote execution vulnerabilities in its Flash Player software. These vulnerabilities affect Flash Player for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android 3.x, and Android 4.x. These exploits could cause your computer to crash and could potentially … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Roundup
Besides the security patches released by Microsoft yesterday, there were also several updates released by Adobe plus a security update for Java for Mac OS X 10.6 and OS X Lion. Adobe Reader and Acrobat Updates Java update for Mac … Continue reading
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