Neowin News Feed for: Patch tuesday

Microsoft to release just five security bulletins Tuesday

John Callaham — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:48:40 +0100

Microsoft has announced it will release just five security bulletins on June 11th as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday event, including one critical bulletin that affects most versions of IE Read more...

IE8 zero-day exploit gets permanent fix on Patch Tuesday

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:32:12 +0100

As part of its Patch Tuesday event, Microsoft has released a permanent fix for a recently discovered zero-day exploit found in Internet Explorer 8, along with nine other security bulletins. Read more...

Microsoft to release 10 security bulletins Tuesday

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:54 +0100

Microsoft has announced it will release 10 security bulletins that cover various software products on Tuesday, May 14, including two critical updates for versions of Windows and Internet Explorer. Read more...

Microsoft re-releases one of its April Windows security updates

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:06:11 +0100

Microsoft has now re-deployed a Windows security update that was first launched earlier this month as part of its "Patch Tuesday" release after the original version caused problems with Windows users. Read more...

Microsoft pulls one of its new software security updates

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:15:21 +0100

Microsoft has pulled one of the security updates it released earlier this week as part of "Patch Tuesday" because of reports that it caused system errors with some third party software products. Read more...

Latest Patch Tuesday IE10 updates did not fix zero day exploit

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:42:13 +0100

Microsoft's latest security updates for IE10 did not address a zero day exploit that was found over a month ago as part of the Pwn2Own Internet hacking competition. Read more...

Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday to include critical IE and Windows 7 updates

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:21:41 +0100

Microsoft has revealed the summary of the next security patches that will be released on Tuesday, April 9th, which will include a critical update for many versions of Internet Explorer and more. Read more...

Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday to include critical Silverlight and IE updates

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:06:47 +0000

Microsoft has revealed the summary of the next security patches that will be released on Tuesday, March 12th, which will include critical updates for IE10 on Windows 8 and RT and one for Silverlight. Read more...

Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday to include two critical IE10 updates

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:47:37 +0000

Microsoft will release a number of security updates for various software products on Tuesday, February 12, including two for Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 and RT that are labeled as "critical" Read more...

Report: Microsoft cuts down on security bulletins in 2012

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:43:39 +0000

A new report from a third party security firm says that Microsoft only issued 83 software security bulletins in 2012, far fewer than the company did in 2011 and 2010. Read more...

Microsoft Surface RT getting firmware update today

John Callaham — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:16:56 +0000

Microsoft's Surface tablet, running on Windows RT, is getting a new firmware update as part of the company's Patch Tuesday event that has a couple of improvements for the device. Read more...

Patch Tuesday to deliver "critical" update to Windows 8

John Callaham — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:00:44 +0000

Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday update for 2013 will offer one critical update to download for Windows 8 and one for Windows RT, and two critical updates for Windows 7. Read more...

Microsoft quietly re-releases security patch

John Callaham — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:23:25 +0000

Microsoft has quietly released a new security patch that fixed a problem with one of the updates that was released as part of the company's regular monthly "Patch Tuesday" event. Read more...

Google now doing Patch Tuesday

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:08:44 +0000

Google regularly update their apps, Chrome is updated on several occasions in a calendar month. Now, in response to Adobe's actions last month, Google is now doing the Patch Tuesday update rollouts. Read more...

Surface update today fixes some WiFi issues

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:32:30 +0000

Microsoft has released a software update for the Windows RT version of the Surface tablet, which fixes some issues related to the WiFi connectivity and reliability features. Read more...

Rumor: Tuesday's Surface software update "important" for its "next step"?

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:02:30 +0000

A new rumor claims that Microsoft will use "Patch Tuesday" to update some of its services and that it will also "be important for getting Surface ready for the next step." Read more...

Windows 8 and IE10 to each get critical updates next week

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:38:09 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will release seven software updates for many of its products for its monthly "Patch Tuesday" event next week, including one critical update each for Windows 8 and IE10. Read more...

Windows 8 getting three critical security updates next week

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:57:00 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will release six software updates for many of its products for its monthly "Patch Tuesday" event next week, including three critical security updates for Windows 8. Read more...

Adobe and Microsoft are now "married" with Flash update change

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:01:18 +0000

Adobe will now update its Flash software on the second Tuesday of the month, the same time Microsoft launches its monthly "Patch Tuesday" updates, in part due to the support of Flash in Windows 8. Read more...

Microsoft to issue seven updates in latest "Patch Tuesday"

John Callaham — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:07:30 +0100

Microsoft said it will release seven updates next week in its latest monthly "Patch Tuesday" event for its products, including one critical one that addresses a Microsoft Office issue. Read more...