IT Gets a Summer Vacation with Light Patch Load for June
June 11th, 2013
It’s a record month for Microsoft this month. With just five bulletins, June marks the lowest number of bulletins we’ve seen from Microsoft to date this year, making it a light month for IT admins. It’s also the halfway point for the year, which is always a good time to look back at last year [...]
Everything Matters
August 2nd, 2012
You just can’t cut corners today. In fact you need to be very careful about even “optimizing” your security efforts because it’s so easy to misjudge what needs to be secured and what doesn’t; what deserves your attention and what doesn’t. In fact, in a recent discussion with a colleague, we concluded that basically, “today, [...]
A Look at June’s State of Cyber Security
July 2nd, 2012
May was an action-packed month and I’m happy to report that with the onset of summer, the truly severe threats seem to have subsided (for now). That’s not to say this month was without incident – that’s impossible in our industry. Download the podcast. So listen in and as always, I’d love to hear your [...]
Light Patch Tuesday as New Antivirus Issue Arises
May 11th, 2010
Microsoft has released two security bulletins this month, MS10-030 and MS10-031 to address two vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office, both rated Critical. As both bulletins are rated as critical, they will both demand a high priority in their deployment across the enterprise. Details: MS10-030 resolving one vulnerability affecting Outlook Express, Windows Mail and [...]
March Patch Tuesday Overshadowed by New IE Zero-Day Vulnerability
March 9th, 2010
Today’s Patch Tuesday release is being overshadowed by a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that can allow remote code execution. The exploit reportedly is currently being used in targeted attacks in the wild. It was reported today in an advisory by Microsoft – the same day they released the monthly patches for March 2010. [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
How to Deal with Microsoft BSOD: TDSS Malware
February 24th, 2010
So, a couple of weeks ago we were all very concerned about the MS10-015 patch included in the February security update from Microsoft which seemed to cause the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on some machines. As we “went to press” with our blog post, the news was just breaking that the underlying cause [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
17-Year-Old Vulnerability Fights to Stay Alive!
February 12th, 2010
So, another Patch Tuesday has passed – and it was a big one. But the news late Thursday 02/11 was a bit less nice: it seems that one of the patches included causes that dreaded BSOD on certain Windows XP boxes. Microsoft is aware of the problem, which involves the MS10-015 bulletin (aka the 17-year-old [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Windows Server 2008 R2: Improves Security, but only if Adopted
November 30th, 2009
So, last week I wrote something about Windows 7 adoption – hope you found it interesting and useful. Today, I want to focus on its sister release, Windows Server 7 Server 2008 R2 (which I’m call WS2K8 R2). WS2K8 R2 is the latest version of Server 2008, which was originally released in early 2008. As [...]
October 2009-Patch Tuesday Security Briefing
October 14th, 2009
Video Blog discussing Patch Tuesday October 2009.
IT Pros Face a “Scary” Patch Tuesday with Zero Day Exploits
October 9th, 2009
This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday update has reached an all time high with 13 bulletins, which surpasses the previous high of 12 released in October 2008. IT pros won’t only have to deal with the large amount of patches, but the update also includes fixes for 34 security issues with zero-day issues continuing to be [...]
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