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More Critical Windows Updates Due
News Specific details on the types of issues that the bulletins address were not available, but at least one update for each product is considered critical and some will require a restart, Microsoft said in a notice posted on its Web site.
[August 4, 2006, 9:05]
Software Update Services - How To Easily Manage Critical File Updates For Your Windows Servers And Desktops
White Papers Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) is designed to greatly simplify the process of keeping Windows-based systems up-to-date with the latest critical updates. SUS enables administrators to quickly and reliably deploy critical updates to their...
[May 21, 2004, 0:00]
McAfee Antivirus Updates Fail Critical Test
News McAfee's antivirus software failed a critical security test because the software failed to interact properly with a key security feature in Vista. In its report, Virus Bulletin was critical of Microsoft Live OneCare, saying numerous virus samples...
[February 12, 2007, 13:00]
Microsoft Releases Critical Patches
News The updates include "critical" fixes to Windows' TCP/IP networking, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Office and Exchange Server. Microsoft on Tuesday released a slew of security patches, five of them critical, as part of its monthly update.
[April 13, 2005, 10:05]
Apple Patches Critical OS X Security Flaws
News Apple has issued "highly critical" security updates to address more than a dozen vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operating system. The most severe of these are the vulnerabilities found in curl and the PCRE library used by Safari," said Thomas...
[December 1, 2005, 8:20]
New Features In Enterprise Manager 10gR2 Based Patching
White Papers Oracle has announced the release of quarterly 'Critical Patch Updates' to fix software vulnerabilities. Apart from Critical Patch Updates and regular interim patches, 10gR2 Grid Control also allows application of database, application server and...
[March 2, 2006, 23:00]
Microsoft Issues Bumper Patch Bundle
News Microsoft on Tuesday released a higher-than-usual number of monthly updates, more than half of which were given the software company's highest rating of critical. Microsoft's Office XP, Internet Explorer 6 and an image file component of the Windows...
[February 9, 2005, 8:25]
Tackling Microsoft's August Patches: Part 1
News I'm not debating that these updates are all critical; I'm simply addressing them in what I consider the correct order of significance according to the current threat each poses. For August's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a dozen security...
[August 22, 2006, 12:20]
Survey: Most Oracle Professionals Don't Patch
News In a survey of 305 Oracle professionals, Sentrigo found the majority did not apply the Oracle patches released in Oracle Critical Patch Updates. Oracle periodically releases patches in the form of Critical Patch Updates.
[January 14, 2008, 12:29]
.Net Breakdown: More To Come?
News After a five-day outage, Microsoft fixed a technician's error on Tuesday, allowing Windows users to once again access critical operating system updates on the company's Web site. Among the updates was a critical security patch for a problem that...
[January 16, 2002, 9:10]
Tackling Microsoft's August Patches: Part 2
News In this feature, I'll bring you up to speed on the remaining updates, both critical and important. This is a critical threat for all affected versions. Redmond released a total of 12 security bulletins, rating nine of them as critical threats.
[August 22, 2006, 13:10]
Critical PHP Flaw Patched
News Two software updates have been released to fix critical flaws that could allow an attacker to compromise servers using PHP, a programming language for Web pages. Arguably the most critical vulnerability is in a function used to compact data for...
[December 20, 2004, 7:40]
Why Google Need Not Fear Microsoft
Talkback The one flaw in the argument about people choosing to download IE6 and MediaPlayer 9 over Netscape and RealPlayer is that when you go to windows update to look for critical security updates, you also have these updates thrust upon you - in fact...
[February 10, 2004, 15:52]
No Microsoft Patches In March
News System administrators may appreciate the reprieve, after facing a broad swath of updates last month, eight of which were rated "critical", the company's highest severity rating. Critical updates included fixes for vulnerabilities in Microsoft's...
[March 7, 2005, 12:05]
Patches Released For 'critical' Windows Flaws
News Microsoft on Tuesday announced seven new security updates for Windows, including two that address "critical" vulnerabilities. Two of the security updates announced on Tuesday rated highest on Microsoft's severity scale.
[July 14, 2004, 9:05]
Microsoft To Patch Critical Windows Flaws
News Microsoft will provide a variety of patches, some of them critical, when it delivers its monthly batch of security updates next Tuesday. In a notice posted to its Web site on Thursday, Microsoft said to expect critical fixes for Windows, Office...
[April 8, 2005, 9:10]
Microsoft Suffers Patch Problems
News Microsoft on Tuesday released a slew of patches for Windows and Office, but a glitch prevented the company from pushing the updates out automatically. The patches, which include critical fixes for both Office and Windows, can be manually downloaded...
[October 11, 2006, 9:40]
Windows And Office Flaws To Get Critical Fixes
News Microsoft plans to issue nearly a dozen security patches on Tuesday, including critical fixes for Windows and Office. The company will release six updates for the operating system and four for the office suite, according to an advance notice sent...
[October 6, 2006, 9:05]
Microsoft To Fix Flaws Across The Board
News At least one of the updates for the Windows operating system is rated "critical", its highest rating, Microsoft said Thursday in a posting to its TechNet site. There will be 13 updates in total, Microsoft said.
[February 4, 2005, 8:00]
Latest Microsoft Patches Released
News The patches were delivered in seven security bulletins, five of which Microsoft deems "critical", its most serious rating. Other updates deal with Office flaws that have already been used in targeted attacks.
[July 12, 2006, 17:15]
