The second Tuesday of each month is Patch Day. Microsoft is also meticulously adhering to its timeline in June 2017, and has released 16 security bulletins that users can download via Windows Update – and should! The 16 security packages take care of a total of over 40 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and various other programs and services.
Depending on the installed Windows version, up to twelve of the packets are targeted at different operating system components. These include Windows search, Internet Explorer, PDF support, the Samba server (among other things, when using network shares), group rules, JavaScript, and Visual Basic Script. Depending on your system, you may also receive updates for Exchange Server, Office, and the Edge browser.
As always, Microsoft categorizes some of the updates as critical. This is the case when attackers can remotely take a system through certain security gaps - without the victim having to help, such as opening a malicious file or calling a manipulated web page. This affects the modules of Internet Explorer, Edge and Office. If you are running these three programs, then you should quickly call Windows Update.
Lesetipp: Windows Updates - Typical problems and solutions
The second Tuesday in each month is actually the date for Adobe, security holes in the own software to stuff. However, the company is still hesitant about the current patches because the Flash player is once again affected by a new vulnerability that cybercriminals actively exploit and for which Adobe can not deliver a fix on time. Anyone who still uses Flash should follow our guide to Flash. Java, and more.
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