It’s that time of the month again, the second Tuesday of every month known as “Patch Tuesday,” the time when Microsoft releases its security updates.

According to Microsoft’s website, they will be releasing 12 new security updates this Tuesday, February 12. Seven considered “Critical”, five marked as “Important.”

Critical (7) - Software Affected:

  1. Windows
  2. Internet Explorer
  3. Office
  4. Visual Basic
  5. VBScript
  6. JSCript

Important (5) - Software Affected:

  1. Windows
  2. Active Directory
  3. ADAM
  4. IIS
  5. Office
  6. Works
  7. Works Suite

Happy Patch Tuesday fellow systems admins, let’s hope nothing breaks!