May's Microsoft Patch Tuesday is here and there are 16 security updates for Microsoft products. Included in these updates are patches for 8 vulnerabilities labeled as critical because they allow an attacker to perform remote code execution on the vulnerable product. This would enable the attacker to execute commands or install further programs without your permission.  

All users should immediately run Windows update and install these security updates as soon as possible. For a full list of the vulnerabilities and links to their respective bulletins, please see the table below.

Date

Bulletin Number

KB Number

Title

Bulletin Rating

5/10/2016 MS16-067 3155784 Security Update for Volume Manager Driver Important
5/10/2016 MS16-066 3155451 Security Update for Virtual Secure Mode Important
5/10/2016 MS16-065 3156757 Security Update for .NET Framework Important
5/10/2016 MS16-064 3157993 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player Critical
5/10/2016 MS16-062 3158222 Security Update for Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Important
5/10/2016 MS16-061 3155520 Security Update for Microsoft RPC Important
5/10/2016 MS16-060 3154846 Security Update for Windows Kernel Important
5/10/2016 MS16-059 3150220 Security Update for Windows Media Center Important
5/10/2016 MS16-058 3141083 Security Update for Windows IIS Important
5/10/2016 MS16-057 3156987 Security Update for Windows Shell Critical
5/10/2016 MS16-056 3156761 Security Update for Windows Journal Critical
5/10/2016 MS16-055 3156754 Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component Critical
5/10/2016 MS16-054 3155544 Security Update for Microsoft Office Critical
5/10/2016 MS16-053 3156764 Security Update for JScript and VBScript Critical
5/10/2016 MS16-052 3155538 Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge Critical
5/10/2016 MS16-051 3155533 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer Critical

Time to get updating!

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