It’s almost that time of the month again. Next week is Microsoft Patch day, and here’s what you can expect.
According to Microsoft’s advanced notification, next week’s Patch Day should be fairly light, and relatively simple. The Redmond-based software company plans to release five security bulletins, fixing flaws in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), and Silverlight. They rate two updates as Critical and the rest as Important. The biggest news about these updates is that the IE one will completely fix the zero day flaw that attackers have been exploiting in the wild, in watering hole attacks. So at the very least, you should prepare to install the IE update as soon as you can next week.
In related news, Adobe also shares Microsoft’s Patch Day. They haven’t announced if they will release any updates yet (they just recently released that emergency Flash one), but I would keep an eye on their security page next Tuesday. In any case, I’ll post details about Microsoft bulletins next week, and if Adobe releases any updates you’ll hear about them here. — Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)
