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'Patch Tuesday' proves busy for Microsoft
News For the third straight month, it's a busy "Patch Tuesday". The flaw addressed in MS06-040 is the only one in Microsoft's Tuesday patch bunch that could let an anonymous attacker remotely commandeer a Windows PC without any user interaction, Budd said.
[August 9, 2006, 8:45]
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to release four fixes
News Software giant Microsoft is due to release four patches on Tuesday as part of its monthly patch cycle. While no specific details were available at the time of writing, Microsoft has indicated that one patch will address a critical vulnerability in...
[September 11, 2007, 12:12]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings six critical updates
News Microsoft has released six critical patches for August's 'Patch Tuesday', including a fix for six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. This is a mammoth Patch Tuesday, and we have not seen anything of this scale in a long time," stated Karthik...
[August 13, 2008, 12:31]
Microsoft targets six bugs for 'Patch Tuesday'
News Microsoft will fix three critical security holes, and three other flaws, in next Tuesday's scheduled patch release. Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" has become a regular feature. The sixth patch is for a "moderate" Windows Vista flaw.
[July 6, 2007, 14:20]
Microsoft lines up nine fixes for 'Patch Tuesday'
News In a preview of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" this coming week, the software company said it will include nine patches, six of which it will rate as "critical". It is expected that one or both hot fixes to Windows Vista which were revealed this week...
[August 10, 2007, 11:26]
Adobe adopts 'Patch Tuesday' security updates
News Adobe said on Wednesday it will release quarterly security updates to coincide with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday as part of a new approach to product security for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates are issued monthly on the...
[May 21, 2009, 10:18]
Microsoft to fix six critical flaws on Patch Tuesday
News The final 'Patch Tuesday' for 2008 will be significant, with six critical and two important bulletins due, according to Microsoft. The pre-announcement is intended as an advance warning for IT departments before Patch Tuesday.
[December 5, 2008, 10:01]
Microsoft issues Patch Tuesday DNS fix
News The updates linked to in Tuesday's bulletins include a patch for a potentially serious underlying DNS flaw. Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday also included bulletin MS08-040, which addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL server.
[July 9, 2008, 13:28]
Office flaws scupper Patch Tuesday
News This is yet another time that zero-day flaws have been published around a Patch Tuesday, possibly to maximise the exposure to these flaws until the next month's Patch Tuesday," Raman wrote. Cybercrooks have found that they can take advantage of...
[April 11, 2007, 10:18]
Microsoft to issue 11 Patch Tuesday fixes
News The announcement is intended as a heads-up for IT departments before Patch Tuesday. The lone moderate patch affects Windows Office and could enable information disclosure if exploited. And on Tuesday, Microsoft is expected to provide with each...
[October 10, 2008, 9:32]
Microsoft fixes 20 flaws with Patch Tuesday updates
News Microsoft is now sharing the technical details of new vulnerabilities in advance of so-called 'Patch Tuesday', to give software developers a chance to update affected products before the public announcement.
[October 15, 2008, 11:01]
Windows 7 holes plugged in record Patch Tuesday
News Microsoft released a record number of 13 bulletins for 34 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday — and the first critical update for Windows 7 — as well as fixes for zero-day flaws involving Server Message Block and Internet Information Services, or IIS.
[October 14, 2009, 8:18]
Microsoft rolls out record Patch Tuesday fixes
News Microsoft has released 10 security updates fixing a record number of Patch Tuesday holes, including one for a critical hole in Internet Explorer 8 that was exploited as part of a hacking contest at CanSecWest in March.
[June 10, 2009, 8:37]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings three critical fixes
News Microsoft has released three critical patches and one update with a "moderate" rating as part of its monthly "Patch Tuesday" cycle. The second patch is directed at a Microsoft Publisher object handler validation flaw in versions of Office...
[May 15, 2008, 13:07]
Microsoft Security Update: November Patch Tuesday
Blog Apologies for this late update to our core Patch Tuesday update. The November Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft follows the largest patch and security update in Microsoft’s history. These six updates have a low impact, bar one patch to Excel...
[November 16, 2009, 14:45]
Microsoft plans four updates on Patch Tuesday
News The announcement is intended as a heads-up for IT departments before Patch Tuesday. On Thursday, Microsoft announced four security bulletins for Tuesday. All four are considered critical, the most serious ranking offered by the software giant.
[September 5, 2008, 11:59]
Oracle to issue Critical Patch Update on Tuesday
Blog Oracle releases a Critical Patch Update only every three to six months, so they are typically huge. The one to be made available tomorrow is no exception, and will contain 41 security fixes across hundreds of products, according to the Oracle...
[January 12, 2009, 16:37]
BUSY PATCH TUESDAY!!
Talkback Before deploying this patch into production environments, it is essential that IT administrators test it vigorously to ensure services are not impacted by unexpected results. Bulletin 5 presents an increased threat for drive-by malware because it...
[October 13, 2009, 17:17]
'Patch Tuesday' proves busy for Microsoft
Talkback Just waiting for the first self-propagating exploit code now.
[August 10, 2006, 13:32]
Priority List for Patch Tuesday
Talkback Since Microsoft started providing exploitability information last year, this is the first time we’ve seen six vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild at the time the corresponding bulletins were released.
[April 16, 2009, 9:03]
