Browser giant, Netscape, has issued patches for its Navigator software after it realised some past versions have out-of-date security features that could prevent users from ordering goods online. The problem lies in versions 4.05 and earlier of the...
Improved patch installation is one facet of Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" initiative, which debuted last year. Microsoft has said it will redesign its patch management system and partner with VeriSign on web services authentication, as it...
Automatic installation of security patches might have helped prevent the recent MSBlast worm, which successfully attacked hundreds of thousands of PCs that had not installed a month-old patch. When the first Windows XP service patch appeared last...
Microsoft is currently taking orders for its security CD, which will contain all the patches and critical updates your PC could want - delivered to your door for free. As well as code Polyfilla for those security holes, Microsoft will be covering...
A patch for the mother of all patches, if you will. However, if putting the fear into Big Blue's system administrators wasn't bad enough it also emerged that some of Microsoft's own staff had complained about falling foul of the flagship update...
However, a representative for the software maker said on Tuesday a planned critical Windows patch "did not meet the quality bar" and so was not issued. This could be overwhelming for IT managers because they'll have to navigate what to patch and...