Patch Tuesday for August 2016

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It’s update time again. This month Microsoft is making available nine updates, affecting Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, and Office. Five of the updates are flagged as Critical. A total 38 vulnerabilities are addressed with these updates.

The associated bulletin from Microsoft has additional details.

There’s also one new security advisory: Update for Kernel Mode Blacklist.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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