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This month's Patch Tuesday updates deal with 55 flaws in Windows, SQL Server, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio, and include a zero-day vulnerability in a key Windows component.

With three zero-days and several serious vulnerabilities in key Windows server and authentication areas, it's time to patch now.

This month's Patch Tuesday release was a big one, and includes fixes for Microsoft browsers and two zero-day vulnerabilities for Windows. Time to get busy updating!

| About | Greg Lambert evaluates the risks to existing applications and environments in each months Patch Tuesday cycle. Browser updates are back for the Mays Patch Tuesday This months Patch Tuesday round-up includes 55 updates, three publicly reported vulnerabilities and possible public exploits for Adobe Reader. In other words, the update will require some testing before being deployed. Putilich / Getty Images With 55 updates, three publicly reported vulnerabilities a...

Microsoft fixes WSUS bug blocking May Windows security updates By 01:52 PM Microsoft has resolved a known issue preventing managed devices from receiving the May 2021 Patch Tuesday Windows security updates. "When checking for updates within Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager and managed devices that connect to these servers," this months security updates "might not be available or offered," as Microsoft explained on the Windows Health Dashboard...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday May 2021 fixes 55 vulnerabilities, including 3 zero-days Community Chats Webinars Library Microsoft Patch Tuesday May 2021 fixes 55 vulnerabilities, including 3 zero-days This month’s Patch Tuesday is here and the hustle is on. With most organizations embracing a distributed workforce these days, system administrators are bound to be up to their ears in work for the next two weeks, testing and figuring out how to deploy updates to secure all of their machines...

Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Cumulative Updates May 12, 2021 06:29 GMT      The new updates are live right now Microsoft has released a new set of cumulative updates for Windows 10, this time as part of the May 2021 Patch Tuesday cycle. As always, all Windows 10 versions are getting such new updates, though worth knowing is that older releases are only serviced for the Enterprise and Education SKUs or if they’re running in LTSC. The new cumulative updates are obviously focused on s...