Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Update patch management program has a critical shortcoming that, in some cases, could fool users into thinking they have been properly patched against some vulnerabilities ...
Microsoft's patch automation tool has been out for almost a year now. How has enterprises' security processes changed since then? Microsoft released Windows Autopatch last year to help alleviate the ...
Microsoft’s January 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 112 CVEs, including an exploited Windows DWM zero-day, plus critical flaws ...
One of the constant annoyances of Windows 11 are the reboots after installing updates. Sometimes a Windows PC even has to reboot several times in a row until it finally completes all the updates. But ...
Patching vulnerabilities is one of the most basic principles of cybersecurity — and one of the hardest to execute consistently and securely at scale. In today’s threat landscape, adversaries routinely ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Microsoft has confirmed that the June 14 Patch Tuesday ...
After two decades of regular and indispensable updates, it’s clear that security teams need take a more holistic approach to applying fixes far beyond the Microsoft ecosystem. For two decades we have ...
Some vulnerabilities eat up a security team’s time and resources yet provide little or nothing in the way of true protection. Some may even introduce more risk to a network. It’s getting ever harder ...
A few simple changes in the way Microsoft brands Windows and its patches could make our lives so much simpler With Windows 8.1 Update 2 Version 1.0 apparently poised for release in next month’s batch ...