July was a tough month for Adobe Systems' security team. So tough, in fact, that the company's second-ever quarterly patch release will arrive a month late, Adobe's security chief said Thursday.
In June, Adobe took a cue from Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco, and said it would start delivering security updates on a regular, predictable schedule. Although most software companies roll out patches on an ad hoc basis, these predictable updates make it easier for enterprise customers to plan how they roll them out. At the time, Adobe said it would roll out its next set of patches on Sept. 8.
But that was not to be. That's because instead of readying quarterly patches, Adobe's security team spent most of July scrambling to fix two critical security problems: one stemming from a flaw in Microsoft's ATL (Active Template Library) software, and the other a critical flaw in its Flash and Reader software that was being exploited in cyber-attacks.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9137522/
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In June, Adobe took a cue from Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco, and said it would start delivering security updates on a regular, predictable schedule. Although most software companies roll out patches on an ad hoc basis, these predictable updates make it easier for enterprise customers to plan how they roll them out. At the time, Adobe said it would roll out its next set of patches on Sept. 8.
But that was not to be. That's because instead of readying quarterly patches, Adobe's security team spent most of July scrambling to fix two critical security problems: one stemming from a flaw in Microsoft's ATL (Active Template Library) software, and the other a critical flaw in its Flash and Reader software that was being exploited in cyber-attacks.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9137522/
