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January 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

January 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on January 11, 2012 in Patch Management, Security

Microsoft is starting off the new year with seven new security bulletins released for the January 2012 Patch Tuesday.  These seven new security bulletins address eight vulnerabilities. The primary bulletin administrators should patch first is MS12-004.  This security bulletin addresses two vulnerabilities with Windows Media types.  Opening a malicious media or MIDI file on an [...]

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Patches Make for Good Gifts

Patches Make for Good Gifts

By on December 13, 2011 in Patch Management, Security

It is the season of good friends, good food, good conversation and of course patching your network. Today marks the final Patch Tuesday of 2011, and it’s a big one. Microsoft is giving the gift of 13 security bulletins addressing 19 vulnerabilities to add to the stress of this holiday season. Not to be outdone [...]

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September 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

September 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on September 13, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released their scheduled monthly Security Bulletin release with 5 bulletins addressing 15 vulnerabilities. MS11-070 addresses 1 vulnerability in the WINS service.  Only Microsoft server operating systems are affected by this vulnerability (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2).  In order for an attacker to carry out an exploit, the attacker must have access [...]

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June 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

June 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on June 14, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released 16 new bulletins in the June 2011 edition of patch Tuesday.  These 16 bulletins address 34 vulnerabilities.  This is quite a large patch day and, to top it off, Microsoft was late in releasing the bulletins. The first batch of security bulletins that need immediate attention all have web browsing to a [...]

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June 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

June 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on June 10, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released their advanced notification for the June 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Welcome back very large Patch Tuesdays!  This month marks a Microsoft “heavy” security bulletin release month.  As expected, we are also seeing Internet Explorer receiving security updates through the bi-monthly update.  It is interesting to note there are two security bulletins [...]

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May 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

May 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on May 5, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released their advanced notification for the May 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  This Patch Tuesday marks a “light” Patch Tuesday as expected.  Microsoft’s release cadence for security bulletins are typically heavy months followed by light months.  With this month’s release, administrators can take a big sigh of relief after a record-breaking April Patch [...]

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February 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

February 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on February 8, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released 12 new bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in the February 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Although 12 bulletins may now seem like a low number for Microsoft’s large release months, there are a couple of bulletins that need immediate attention.  With two of the security bulletins, the exploit code has released publicly. MS11-003 [...]

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October 2010 Patch Tuesday Preview

By on October 7, 2010 in Community Manager, Patch Management, Security

As expected, Microsoft is releasing a large amount of bulletins for the October Patch Tuesday. Typically, Microsoft follows a light month of patches with a heavy month of patches. Although, last month’s "light" patch month contained 9 new bulletins. Microsoft announced today they will be releasing a whopping 16 new security bulletins addressing a total [...]

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Shavlik Statement on April 13 Patch Tuesday Releases

By on April 14, 2010 in Community Manager, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released 11 new security bulletins for this month’s Patch Tuesday, addressing 29 vulnerabilities. This month’s security bulletins range from servers to workstations with a lot of affected products. This month you can count on pretty much every type of Windows computer being patched. MS10-021 addresses a vulnerability in the Windows Kernel. As you [...]

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Shavlik Advanced Commentary for Next Week’s Patch Tuesday

By on April 9, 2010 in Community Manager, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft just announced their Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification for the April 2010 edition of Patch Tuesday. They are planning on releasing 11 new security bulletins fixing 25 vulnerabilities. • 5 bulletins are rated Critical • 5 bulletins are rated Important • 1 bulletin is rated Moderate • 8 bulletins fix vulnerabilities that can lead to [...]

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