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The Spectre/Meltdown Fiasco Continues
The fallout continues from Intel’s Spectre firmware update coupled with Microsoft’s patch cycle. Microsoft just released a new patch that disables Intel’s firmware update citing random reboots as an issue with the Spectre patches. So, where do we stand now? While Spectre and Meltdown are considered pretty massive security flaws, there aren’t any reported exploits…
May 2013 Patch Recommendations
10 Security Bulletins were released – 2 Critical, 8 Important, and 0 Moderate This Month In Brief We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them. MS13-037 and MS13-038 are a top priority as they are rated critical and apply to Internet Explorer. Make sure to…
Virtual Administrator’s January 2013 Patch Recommendations
7 Security Bulletins were released – 2 Critical, 5 Important, and 0 Moderate We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them. [UPDATE – 1-17-2013] — Please review Known issues from Microsoft for Patch MS13-004. We experienced this on several of our servers that met…