A zero-day and testing of key printing features will drive August Windows updates

Though a DNS spoofing vulnerability in Windows (CVE-2020-1464) has been rated as a zero-day due to reports of exploitation in the wild, the focus for this month’s updates should be on testing key Windows features prior to deployment. Primarily, printing and back-up scenarios will require your attention. You will also need to work with multiple and potentially overlapping updates to Window and the .NET development platform and, in some cases, Windows Store updates to your application portfolio.

Given the number and nature of changes we have seen in the update testing cycle during the past month, we advise a “Patch Now” approach to Windows 10, but with an extended test cycle on printing and more attention to the Windows 8.x platforms.

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