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Microsoft Finally Releases Security Patches For Publicly-Disclosed Critical Flaws

After last month’s postponement, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is back with a massive release of fixes that includes patches for security vulnerabilities in Windows and associated software disclosed and exploited since January’s patch release.

Meanwhile, Adobe has also pushed out security updates for its products, releasing patches for at least seven security vulnerabilities in its Flash Player

Microsoft releases update for Flash Player, but leaves two disclosed Flaws Unpatched

Microsoft on Tuesday released security update (KB 4010250) to patch flaws in Adobe Flash Player for its customers using Internet Explorer on Windows 8.1 and later, as well as Edge for Windows 10, but two already disclosed flaws remain unpatched.

Just last week, Microsoft announced that its February patches would be delayed until March due to a last minute issue, a move that led to Google

Google Discloses Windows Vulnerability That Microsoft Fails To Patch, Again!

Microsoft is once again facing embarrassment for not patching a vulnerability on time.

Yes, Google’s Project Zero team has once again publicly disclosed a vulnerability (with POC exploit) affecting Microsoft’s Windows operating systems ranging from Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to the latest Windows 10 that had yet to be patched.

A few months back, the search engine giant disclosed a critical

Microsoft Waits for Patch Tuesday to Fix SMB Zero Day

Microsoft said a Windows SMB zero day, which has a public proof-of-concept exploit available, is low risk and won’t be patched until an upcoming Patch Tuesday.

Badlock — Unpatched Windows-Samba Vulnerability Affects All Versions of Windows

Security researchers have discovered a nasty security vulnerability that is said to affect almost every version of Windows and Samba and will be patched on April 12, 2016, the Samba development team announced Tuesday.

So, Save the Date if you are a Windows or Samba file server administrator.

Samba is a free, open source implementation of the SMB/CIFS network file sharing protocol that