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 issues emergency patch for a critical WSUS flaw enabling remote code execution CVE-2025-59287 allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges without user interaction An ...

Patch management is both a security process and a system management task. We investigate the best patch managers available on the market, so you can make an informed decision. Patch management is an ...

An out-of-band (OOB) security update that patches an actively exploited Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability has broken hotpatching on some Windows Server 2025 devices. Days later, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has released the monthly round of Patch Tuesday security updates, with fixes for a total of 90 vulnerabilities across the Windows ecosystem. Of these, the Microsoft Security Response Center ...

A critical zero-day vulnerability in Windows servers running the Kerberos authentication system, first disclosed in May, has now been patched by Microsoft, but must be given high priority by admins ...

Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches that should be deployed ASAP.