Adobe said on Wednesday it will release quarterly security updates to coincide with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday as part of a new approach to product security for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.

The security updates will be delivered on a second Tuesday once a quarter, beginning this summer, Brad Arkin, director of product security and privacy, wrote in a blog post. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates are issued monthly on the second Tuesday.

Adobe security patches released on Patch Tuesdays March 10 and May 12 were coincidental, the post said.

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