Xato : Patch Management

May’s IE Patch Causes Most Problems

MB's Windows Security — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:09:26 GMT

I was playing around today with Google searches to see what has happened so far with May’s patch releases. First of all, I simply did a Google search for the KB numbers of each patch to compare results of each. Here is a graph of the results: This...(read more)

Out-Of-Band IE Patch Coming Tuesday

MB's Windows Security — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:26:16 GMT

In response to much attention on the ANI vulnerability in IE, Microsoft has decided to release security bulletin MS07-017 this Tuesday, a week earlier than scheduled. “Microsoft is aware of the existence of a public attack utilizing the vulnerability...(read more)

Microsoft Announces No Patches for March

MB's Windows Security — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:36:32 GMT

Apparently because currently planned releases did not meet testing standards, Microsoft decided to postpone all patches for this month, so you can all let next Tuesday roll by like any other Tuesday Read More......(read more)

Don’t forget the KB’s

MBs Windows Security — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:57:48 GMT

With Microsoft’s ongoing improvements to the patch management process, you may find yourself letting automation take over on patch Tuesday. I sat down at my PC this morning and saw that it had rebooted because it automatically installed new updates...(read more)

MS06-061 Re-Release for Win2k

MBs Windows Security — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:54:01 GMT

I post this because sometimes it is easy to overlook path re-releases, especially when they are off schedule. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the original patch itself is not flawed, it just fails to correctly set the kill bit for the Microsoft...(read more)