Microsoft is making several updates to Windows Autopatch to help busy admins automate the monthly Windows security patches, with new control features including a groups feature, new alerting and updated reporting. According to Microsoft, the new Autopatch features are available in public preview. They allow admins to configure updates to specific groups, stagger incremental rollouts […]
IT administrators overseeing deployments of Apple devices should apply the iOS Rapid Security Response update–the company’s first such security-only fix–as we wait for more details on what exactly the update is fixing. Apple released the update Monday through its Rapid Security Response update program, urging all users of iOS devices to apply the iOS Security […]
Patching and updating systems is one of the core responsibilities of an IT professional, yet that task often proves challenging depending on the number of devices and applications that need to be patched in the organization. However, those systems are typically located on Earth. Imagine trying to patch a system on an entirely different planet. […]
Microsoft is hoping to address the security issue of emails sent to Exchange online from unsupported and unpatched Exchange Servers by enabling a transport-based enforcement system in Exchange Online that will throttle and then block emails from an unsupported server. The end goal is to encourage Microsoft customers to stop using persistently vulnerable versions of […]
Microsoft’s March 2023 Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for 76 vulnerabilities in the company’s products, with two listed as being actively exploited, one of which also being listed as publicly known. The amount of bugs fixed by Microsoft this month is on par with the tech giant’s February security update when it patched 75 vulnerabilities, […]
Older vulnerabilities for which patches have already been made available by the vendor are still the primary vehicle for cyberattacks, suggesting that organizations are still behind in practicing good cyber hygiene, according to new data from Tenable. The Columbia, M.D.-based provider of vulnerability management software finds in its 2022 Threat Landscape Report that the number […]
[Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article stated there were two exploited bugs patched this month. It has been updated to reflect the additional exploited vulnerability.] Microsoft has released patches to fix 75 security bugs in the February 2023 Patch Tuesday release, including one each in Microsoft Office, Windows Common Log File System Driver […]
1E, a provider of digital employee experience technology, has launched 1E Patch Insights, a new solution designed to give IT administrators real-time visibility into the patch landscape and the ability to easily resolve challenging patch issues. The solution comes after Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of 2023 resulted in patches for more than 100 vulnerabilities, which […]
Microsoft appears to have big plans for Windows Autopatch this year, and has started 2023 by releasing more features designed to help IT professionals get the most out of the automated patching system, starting with FastTrack support. According to Microsoft, FastTrack is a set of resources designed to help organizations onboard Microsoft 365 services. It […]
Microsoft has released fixes for 85 vulnerabilities as part of the October 2022 Patch Tuesday, including 15 that are rated critical and one listed as being exploited in the wild. However, the company still has yet to release patches for the two Exchange vulnerabilities that were reported as being actively exploited last week. Admins should […]
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