But compared to previous Oracle updates, the first security bulletin of 2008 is small, experts say. Last's October's bulletin contained more than 50 patches and experts say that they've seen updates ...

Two-thirds of Oracle Database professionals are not applying critical patches, security company Sentrigo has found. In a survey of 305 Oracle professionals, Sentrigo found the majority did not apply ...

To patch or not to patch - that is the question for many software customers. And it's particularly tricky one to answer when the software company won't say what the patch is for, as one reader ...

Oracle will release today 128 fixes for security vulnerabilities that affect "hundreds" of its products. The software giant and Java maker said in a pre-release announcement today that four of the ...

Many database administrators don’t always apply security patches to their environments in a speedy fashion, but that’s not stopping Oracle Corp. from releasing dozens of them on a quarterly basis. The ...

Oracle will issue 41 security patches next Tuesday addressing vulnerabilities across “hundreds” of its products, the company said in a pre-release announcement. More than 15 of those patches address ...

Last week it was Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, this week Oracle delivers a boatload of patches. In all, the company will release 27 updates for its database, e-business suite and application server. Also ...

On the surface, a recently published survey by the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) bears some seemingly frightening numbers. According to the study, which was conducted during the middle of 2008 ...

Oracle admins will be busy: The company issued 248 patches on Tuesday, its largest-ever release, according to one security vendor. Five of the vulnerabilities have the highest severity rating ...

Oracle said last week that it will be releasing patches for 41 vulnerabilities in its database software products on Tuesday, April 15. The Critical Patch Update contains 17 security fixes for the ...

If Oracle’s licensing terms never struck you as invidious before, you might soon change your mind. The upshot is that anyone who applies the latest patches and isn’t conscientious enough to determine ...

Oracle today released the January 2008 Critical Patch Update (CPUJan2008). This Critical Patch Update (CPU) addresses a total of 26 vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Database Server, Oracle Application ...