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April 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

April 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on April 6, 2012 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security, Windows

Microsoft has released their Advance Notification for the upcoming April Patch Tuesday.  With the six bulletins announced, Microsoft is planning to address 11 vulnerabilities.  This marks Microsoft’s heavy patch month and we are seeing this with the sheer number of affected products this month.  We are also looking at a heavy server patching month to [...]

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No Privacy, please!

No Privacy, please!

By on April 5, 2012 in Editorial, Information Technology

We are in a world were our communication, information , search, entertainment, creation, and content are done with some form of digital device with access to the internet. This dynamic intricately tied to our personal and professional lives : privacy both online and offline is being transformed.  Some of this is within our control and [...]

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November 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

November 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on November 4, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released their advanced notification for the upcoming November edition of Patch Tuesday. Microsoft is planning to release four new security bulletins addressing four vulnerabilities. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 1 bulletin rated as Critical 2 bulletins rated as Important 1 bulletin rated as Moderate 2 vulnerabilities fixed could lead to Remote Code Execution 1 vulnerability [...]

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October 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

October 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

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

Microsoft has released their October 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced notification.  Microsoft is planning to release 8 new security bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 2 bulletins are rated as Critical 6 bulletins are rated as Important 6 vulnerabilities fixed could lead to Remote Code Execution 1 vulnerability fixed could lead to Elevation of Privilege [...]

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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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September 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

September 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on September 9, 2011 in Certification, Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has announced their plans for the September 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Microsoft is planning to release 5 new security bulletins.  Although this is Microsoft’s ‘light’ Patch Tuesday, we are seeing quite a few Microsoft products being patched this month. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 2 bulletins affect Microsoft operating systems 3 bulletins affect Microsoft Office [...]

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August 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

August 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on August 9, 2011 in News, Patch Management, Security

With the August 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has just released 13 bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities.  This month marks a “heavy” month for Microsoft for Patch Tuesday. The first bulletin administrators should look at patching first is the bi-monthly cumulative update for Microsoft Internet Explorer (MS11-057).  This bulletin addresses typical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer [...]

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July 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

July 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

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

Microsoft has released 4 new security bulletins in the July 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  These 4 security bulletins address 22 vulnerabilities.  After a hefty Patch Tuesday last month, administrators are getting a bit of a breather with a manageable security bulletin release.  Even with a small release, there are some key points to consider. [...]

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July 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

July 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on July 12, 2011 in Patch Management

Microsoft has just released their advanced notification for the July 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Microsoft is planning to release 4 security bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 1 bulletin is rated Critical 3 bulletins are rated Important 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege [...]

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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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