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Microsoft releases record number of patches for the year with October Patch Tuesday

Charlee Gothard

Charlee Gothard

14 October 2015 • 2 min read

"Pretty ho hum," but with important updates to disable the RC4 algorithm

Microsoft has released a record number of patches this year, with its October 2015 Patch Tuesday making it 111 security bulletins released in a single year, beating 2013's figure of 106. Accord...

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