Many security breaches can be avoided by applying software patches to known vulnerabilities as soon as they’re released by the vendor. Patch management software provides a centralized place for IT ...

Secure Boot was once considered an unbreakable force protecting your PC. Now, it's vulnerable, and there's not an easy way to ...

The CIS Critical Security Controls list (formerly the SANS Top 20 controls) has been the gold standard for security defense advice. These are the tasks you should do first.

Whenever Microsoft releases new updates for Windows, it’s pretty much expected now that users around the world will run into ...

We use WSUS to patch our Windows servers which deals with the majority of patch alerts, but not all. How do fellow Ars admins manage centralised patching of Java, Acrobat Reader and Flash? These are ...

Last year set a new record for newly-disclosed software vulnerabilities, with the total tally at around 40,000, an increase of some 30 percent from the year before. As 2025 is on track to set another ...

In today’s 2-Minute Tech Briefing, Microsoft ships another out-of-band Windows patch after OneDrive/Dropbox file issues and Outlook PST hangs. A report says CISA’s acting director uploaded contracting ...