One surprising finding from Nemertes’ recent security research is that, the more critical a server, the longer it takes to get patched. Not only are most critical servers patched manually (slower but ...

<p>eWeek has an article up discussing the possibility of Microsoft including automatic patching in the next version of SQL Server. The article is unclear about what exactly this would entail, but it ...

I am new to the company where I work and responsible for the patch management process, before I started here there was none. Now I have implemented a patch management process, but we have a server ...

I'm curious how you guys patch your production servers - especially in light of the recent RPC vulnerabilities.<BR><BR>I think most companies have been slow in patching their internal servers - ...

The critical Exchange Server vulnerabilities patched last week by Microsoft are being weaponized in widespread attacks against organizations worldwide. Attacks have escalated over the past two weeks, ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Theres been a lot of speculation this week on when, ...

Enterprise Linux users face growing risks from software vulnerabilities, especially given their widespread reliance on open-source code in Linux applications and commercial software. Live kernel ...

While there are many methods for applying patches, going through PowerShell is the most straightforward way to get the job done. Ever since Microsoft first announced Nano Server as a Windows Server ...

For managers of enterprise datacenters, the endless stream of security patches from Microsoft, Oracle, and other software vendors (not to mention open source projects) has been a prime source of ...

Microsoft took another go at fixing a security flaw in the company's Exchange mail-server software this weekend, releasing the second version of a patch for the program. The new patch corrected a flaw ...

When a microprocessor vulnerability rocked the tech industry last year, companies scrambled to patch nearly every server they had. In Oracle’s case, that meant patching the operating system on about 1 ...

In my first post in this series, I showed you a few blocks of PowerShell code that were provided by Microsoft for the purposes of patching Nano Server. Although this code gets the job done, it isn't ...