Today is Microsoft's April 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 167 flaws, including 2 zero-day vulnerabilities.

Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The secret to the continuing availability of security patches ...

Microsoft this week ended its patch support for Windows 7 and other venerable Windows products, but one company, 0patch, is saying that it'll provide fixes for "Critical" security issues for another ...

Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers. LSASS ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has issued a warning relating to an actively targeted Microsoft Windows vulnerability that can be found in unpatched versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 ...

Why it matters: Every second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft releases a new batch of updates aimed at fixing critical security vulnerabilities in Windows and other company products. This tradition has ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the latest cumulative updates now fixed odd performance issues and high CPU usage on Windows Server editions. Following the release of this month's Patch Tuesday updates, ...

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 ...

The web-based UI for managing all aspects of Windows Server, Windows Server Admin Center (WAC) sure has grown up a lot in the last seven years. If you're new to the concept, you can run WAC on a ...

Security updates are always a good thing, until they aren’t, as anyone whose organization was disrupted by the CrowdStrike Falcon issue will be only too aware. However, they are a necessary evil in ...

Microsoft has released new Patch Tuesday updates today for Windows 10 versions 21H1, and 21H2. There are also updates for older Windows 10 versions too, as well as for Windows Server 2022 and 20H2. It ...