1. Welcome Guest! In order to create a new topic or reply to an existing one, you must register first. It is easy and free. Click here to sign up now!.
    Dismiss Notice

Microsoft delays its Patch Tuesday by a month in unprecedented move

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Tom Warren, Feb 16, 2017.

  1. Tom Warren

    Tom Warren Guest

    d2b0816c4e0051bd3243c59d600894b8.jpg
    Microsoft is delaying its regular Patch Tuesday round of security fixes this month. The software giant is blaming a “last minute issue” for the delay, and now plans to release the patches on March 14th, a whole month after they were supposed to go live. Microsoft was expected to patch a zero-day flaw in the company’s file sharing protocol, SMB, with its February patches, but Windows machines will now be left vulnerable to in-the-wild attacks until March 14th.

    The month delay is unprecedented, and it’s rare that Microsoft even delays individual patches let alone the entire Patch Tuesday release. Microsoft first moved to a regular monthly patch release schedule in October 2003, citing a reduction of cost for distributing patches and the...

    Continue reading…

    115b0f5ba445b7da5572398534addef3._.gif

    Continue reading...
     

Share This Page