Windows RT

We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them.

MS14-012 and MS14-013 are rated Critical. After your next patch cycle completes you should follow up and make sure these are installed. The top priority this month is MS14-012. It affects all versions of Internet Explorer and was reported in February (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2934088). MS14-015 is rated Important and patches the Windows Kernel Driver sub-system. There have been some isolated reports of MS14-015 (KB2930275) causing problems with Vista machines but these reports have not been corroborated. If you do have problems with Vista machines after patching this is most likely suspect.

7 Security Bulletins were released – 4 Critical, 3 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.

MS14-010 should be your priority. It addresses 24 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE6-IE11). MS14-007 is a Direct2D vulnerability that can trigger remote code execution by opening a malicious website in Internet Explorer or opening an email attachment. MS14-011 patches a vulnerability in the VBScript scripting engine.

10 Security Bulletins were released – 5 Critical, 5 Important, and 0 Moderate This Month In Brief 11 Security Bulletins were released 5 Critical, 6 Important We have decided to deny KB2887069 (MS13-101) at this time. There are a number of reports that anti-virus can interfere with KB2887069’s installation and the update gets stuck during…

8 Security Bulletins were released – 3 Critical, 5 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. MS13-090 is a zero day vulnerability reported a few days ago. This is an update for ActiveX Kill Bits and…

8 Security Bulletins were released – 4 Critical, 4 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. MS13-080 is the top priority this month. It is a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. It includes patches for…

13 Security Bulletins were released – 4 Critical, 9 Important, and 0 Moderate This Month In Brief KB2817630 (a non-security update for Microsoft Office 2013) has been denied in all patch policies. Details are below. All security updates have been approved. 13 Security Bulletins makes this the largest Patch Tuesday of 2013 so far. On…