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Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:40:58 +0000

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday included over 80 patches in total, including a vulnerability in Windows Defender that is actively being exploited.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2021 Edition

January 12, 2021 admin Allan Liska, askwoody.com, cve-2018-8514, cve-2019-1409, cve-2019-1458, cve-2020-1660, cve-2021-1647, cve-2021-1648, cve-2021-1709, dustin childs, immersive labs, kevin breen, Recorded Future, Time to Patch, trend micro's zdi initiative, Windows Defender

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 01:32:20 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to plug more than 80 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one that is actively being exploited and another which was disclosed prior to today. Ten of the flaws earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they could be exploited by malware or miscreants to seize remote control over unpatched systems with little or no interaction from Windows users.

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First Patch Tuesday of 2021 brings fix to Windows Defender bug already being exploited

January 12, 2021 admin cve-2021-1647, cve-2021-1709, microsoft windows defender, Patch Tuesday, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:00:09 +0000

Remote code execution vulnerability in Windows’ built-in malware protection allows an attacker to execute code when a crafted file is scanned—one of seven critical bugs addressed in Microsoft’s January fix release.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/gkqUXXvRz9I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>