What’s Patch Tuesday?

[Batu69]

We’re two weeks out from Patch Tuesday. Chances are, an IT admin and/or CISO spent the day battening down the hatches while his staff furiously tested and rolled out patches. Chances are also that by this time, only two weeks later, the patches are wearing thin and the system is vulnerable.

While the monthly patching system has served as a reliable security fix for years, cyber criminals are finding ways to penetrate the system, exploiting vulnerabilities in a matter of days, if not hours. Since this month is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we thought we’d share some of the problems we’ve discovered with patches.

You can avoid many of these pitfalls if you keep all software up-to-date, run newer versions of Windows, and ditch the legacy apps. However, many businesses are stuck using older software because of budget or deployment constraints. Also, the latest software won’t stop cyber criminals from reverse-engineering patches.

One of the best ways to ensure total protection is to invest in a strong endpoint security system that includes both anti-malware and anti-exploit technology. Cyber security that can ward off attacks before they even happen, stopping malicious code from being delivered to the system, will protect gaps in your security that monthly patches are no longer able to stop.

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[straycat19]

Microsoft has been patching Windows for 32 years and hasn't been able to get it right yet. If Windows wasn't so bloated with crap it would be easier to secure. Actually I think the OS can be made more secure by using firewalls and group policy and not applying the patches. A lot of people say I am wrong but I have never had malware infect any computer I have control over and thought a lot have tried, no one has ever been able to hack into my systems. Personally I don't care what others think because you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

[Holmes]

Your going to jinx yourself no ones computer is unhackable as long as its connected to the internet and if its not there are ways to hack it offline dont use technology and then your safe. A friend of mine could hack into your system easily (as can my uncle) and there are alot of users like them out there your nothing more than a sitting duck that is if hackers truly wanted to get into your systems. They may be able to reverse engineer patches that doesnt mean they do. Not installing updates is like going into enemy territory in real life where the chances of seeing the enemy is high and not having a gun and assuming I wont get fired at. As for using firewalls and group policy one hundred percent correct. You dont have to install patches that is your right I dont want users getting the idea that not keeping there systems updated is good its not its a very bad idea.

[LeeSmithG]

Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of every calendar month when Microsoft release a series of patches for your Microsoft (and sometimes other non related software) to fix and secure problems, thus patching.

If Microsoft spent more time on the operating system rather than rushing it out, the maybe less patches are needed.

I sometimes get patches given to me on days other than patch Tuesday.

If Microsoft made cars they would be permanently in the workshop being repaired.

I think Microsoft should release every five (5) years a free operating system and charge for office and anything else they develop.

However, the European Union set of unelected judges would fine them, thus making us all poorer and less able to do what we want to do when it comes to software.