Bug Left Some Windows PCs Dangerously Unpatched

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:46:21 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today released updates to fix at least 79 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including multiple flaws that are already showing up in active attacks. Microsoft also corrected a critical bug that has caused some Windows 10 PCs to remain dangerously unpatched against actively exploited vulnerabilities for several months this year.

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Patch Tuesday, June 2024 “Recall” Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:57:35 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, a relatively light Patch Tuesday this month for Windows administrators. The software giant also responded to a torrent of negative feedback on a new feature of Redmond’s flagship operating system that constantly takes screenshots of whatever users are doing on their computers, saying the feature would no longer be enabled by default.

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Fat Patch Tuesday, February 2024 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:28:48 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today pushed software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related products, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited in active attacks.

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Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:51:31 +0000

Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS.

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Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 22:55:07 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to quash 130 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and related software, including at least five flaws that are already seeing active exploitation. Meanwhile, Apple customers have their own zero-day woes again this month: On Monday, Apple issued (and then quickly pulled) an emergency update to fix a zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited on MacOS and iOS devices.

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Barracuda Urges Replacing — Not Patching — Its Email Security Gateways

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:17:06 +0000

It’s not often that a zero-day vulnerability causes a network security vendor to urge customers to physically remove and decommission an entire line of affected hardware — as opposed to just applying software updates. But experts say that is exactly what transpired this week with Barracuda Networks, as the company struggled to combat a sprawling malware threat which appears to have undermined its email security appliances in such a fundamental way that they can no longer be safely updated with software fixes.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 01:19:58 +0000

Microsoft today released software updates to fix at least four dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited in active attacks.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:32 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to quash at least 74 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and software. Two of those flaws are already being actively attacked, including an especially severe weakness in Microsoft Outlook that can be exploited without any user interaction.

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