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Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition

July 11, 2023 admin adam barnett, andrew brandt, apple zero-day, Cisco, cve-2023-32046, cve-2023-32049, cve-2023-35311, cve-2023-36884, immersive labs, ios 16.5.1, kevin breen, macos 13.4.1, patch tuesday july 2023, Rapid7, safari 16.5.2, Security Tools, Sophos, storm-0978, Time to Patch, Trend Micro

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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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2023 Edition

June 13, 2023 admin action1, cve-2023-28310, cve-2023-29357, cve-2023-29363, cve-2023-32014, cve-2023-32015, cve-2023-32031, immersive labs, kevin breen, microsoft patch tuesday june 2023, Security Tools, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:44:28 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to fix dozens of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. This month’s relatively light patch load has another added bonus for system administrators everywhere: It appears to be the first Patch Tuesday since March 2022 that isn’t marred by the active exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s products.

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Why is ‘Juice Jacking’ Suddenly Back in the News?

April 14, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, aries security, brian markus, defcon, FBI, FCC, juice jacking, Latest Warnings, omg cable, Security Tools, snopes

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:27:56 +0000

KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about “juice jacking,” a term first coined here in 2011 to describe a potential threat of data theft when one plugs their mobile device into a public charging kiosk. It remains unclear what may have prompted the alerts, but the good news is that there are some fairly basic things you can do to avoid having to worry about juice jacking.

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Microsoft (& Apple) Patch Tuesday, April 2023 Edition

April 11, 2023 admin bharat jogi, cve-2022-37969, cve-2023-28219, cve-2023-28220, cve-2023-28252, dbappsecurity, dustin childs, ios 15.5.7, ios/ipados 16.4.1, macos 12.6.5 and 11.7.6., Mandiant, nokoyawa ransomware, Qualys, Security Tools, The Coming Storm, Time to Patch, trend micro zero day initiative, windows common log system file system

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:06:51 +0000

Microsoft today released software updates to plug 100 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a zero-day vulnerability that is already being used in active attacks. Not to be outdone, Apple has released a set of important updates addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being used to attack iPhones, iPads and Macs.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2023 Edition

March 15, 2023 admin cve-2023-23397, cve-2023-24800, dustin childs, immersive labs, kevin breen, microsoft 365 apps for enterprise, microsoft patch tuesday march 2023, Rapid7, Security Tools, The Coming Storm, Time to Patch, Windows SmartScreen, Zero Day Initiative

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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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2023 Edition

February 14, 2023 admin cve-2023-21529, cve-2023-21706, cve-2023-21707, cve-2023-21715, cve-2023-21716, cve-2023-21823, cve-2023-23376, dustin childs, immersive labs, internet explorer 11, johannes ullrich, kevin breen, Latest Warnings, Mandiant, Microsoft Office, microsoft patch tuesday february 2023, sans internet storm center, Security Tools, Time to Patch, trend micro zero day initiative

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:01:41 +0000

Microsoft is sending the world a whole bunch of love today, in the form of patches to plug dozens of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. This year’s special Valentine’s Day Patch Tuesday includes fixes for a whopping three different “zero-day” vulnerabilities that are already being used in active attacks.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2023 Edition

January 10, 2023 admin cve-2023-21563, cve-2023-21674, cve-2023-21678, cve-2023-21743, cve-2023-21745, cve-2023-21762, dustin childs, Latest Warnings, microsoft bitlocker, Satnam Narang, Security Tools, Tenable, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:28:55 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix nearly 100 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and other software. Highlights from the first Patch Tuesday of 2023 include a zero-day vulnerability in Windows, printer software flaws reported by the U.S. National Security Agency, and a critical Microsoft SharePoint Server bug that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to make an anonymous connection.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

December 14, 2022 admin apple zero-day, cve-2022-41076, cve-2022-44698, cve-2022-44710, cve-2022-44713, Greg Wiseman, immersive labs, kevin breen, Latest Warnings, microsoft patch tuesday december 2022, Powershell, Rapid7, Security Tools, Sophos, Time to Patch, trend micro's zero day initiative, will dormann, windows

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 17:01:07 +0000

Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The most pressing patches include a zero-day vulnerability in a Windows feature that tries to flag malicious files from the Web, a critical bug in PowerShell, and a dangerous flaw in Windows 11 systems that was detailed publicly prior to this week’s Patch Tuesday.