By David Hollingworth
Publication Date: 2026-10-20 05:30:00
It was Microsoft’s largest Patch Tuesday since it began in 2003, and a very different beast from those halcyon days.
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Prior to the monthly standard established then, Microsoft released patches and updates as needed, which made it difficult to plan around, particularly for busy IT departments.
And, of course, it grew. Just seven years later, one Patch Tuesday featured a whopping 49 vulnerabilities, which was touted by media outlets at the time as the “biggest ever” at the time, more than three times larger (shock! horror!) the previous month.
Fast forward to the most recent Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft dropped more than 1,400 patches – 42 per cent more than the month prior, in September, and eight times larger than the same period a year before.
And, according to NinjaOne’s APAC Director, MJ Robotham, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
“This is quickly becoming the new normal, and I don’t think…