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What’s New Wednesday: August 2026 August 12, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday August 2026, this month Microsoft has released patches for 400 flaws including 1 actively exploited and 2 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 176 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 11 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 110 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 86 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities…

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What’s New Wednesday: June 2026 June 10, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday June 2026, this month Microsoft has released patches for 200 flaws including 3 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This count doesn’t include flaws in Mariner, Copilot, Exchange Online and Graph that Microsoft released patches for earlier this month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 65 Elevation of…

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What’s New Wednesday: April 2026 April 15, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to April 2026 this month Microsoft has released patches for 167 flaws including 2 zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 93 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 13 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 20 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 21 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 10 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities 9 Spoofing Vulnerabilities…

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What’s New Wednesday: February 2026 February 11, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Februrary 2026 this month Microsoft has released patches for 58 flaws, 6 of which are actively exploited zero-days. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 25 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 5 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 12 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 6 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 3 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities…

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Whats New Wednesday: January 2026 January 14, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to the first Patch Tuesday of 2026. Microsoft’s New Year offering included patches for 8 critical vulnerabilities, including 3 zero-day flaws. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 57 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 3 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 22 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 22 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 2 Denial of…

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What’s New Wednesday: December 2015 December 10, 2025 – Posted in: IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to the last Patch Tuesday of 2025. Yes, it’s December already. Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays and an excellent New Year to you all, I’m sure you’ll be delighted to hear what Microsoft has for your stockings this year – 57 flaws were patched including 1 actively exploited and 2 zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if…

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What’s New Wednesday: Patch Tuesday November 2025 November 12, 2025 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday November 2025. 63 flaws were patched including 1 zero-day vulnerability and 4 critical vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 29 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 16 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 11 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 3 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities 2 Spoofing…

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What’s New Wednesday: Patch Tuesday October 2025 October 15, 2025 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday October 2025, final updates for Windows 10, Office 2016 and 2019, and Exchange 2016 and 2019. 172 flaws were patched including 6 zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 80 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 11 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 31 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 28…

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What’s New Wednesday: Patch Tuesday August 2025 August 13, 2025 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday August 2025. 107 flaws were patched including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 44 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 35 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 18 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 4 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities 9 Spoofing Vulnerability There was one publicly disclosed…

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CyberEssentials 101: The Final Takeaways & The Full White Paper July 17, 2025 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support

This is the final article in our Cyber Essentials 101 series. We’ve covered the questions you need to answer and why they are important for your business. Attaining a Cyber Essentials certificate is a great way to make sure you’ve covered the basics of protecting your data and your business. Often the most difficult elements are less around the technical areas – if hardware needs replacing, whilst it costs to do so, the process is…

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