CVE-2020-0688

February 11, 2020

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2020 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft today released updates to plug nearly 100 security holes in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that is actively being exploited. Also, Adobe has issued a bevy of security updates for its various products, including Flash Player and Adobe Reader/Acrobat. A dozen of the vulnerabilities Microsoft patched today are rated “critical,” meaning malware or miscreants could exploit them remotely to gain complete control over an affected system with little to no help from the user. Last month, Microsoft released an advisory […]
March 10, 2020

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2020 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft Corp. today released updates to plug more than 100 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and associated software. If you (ab)use Windows, please take a moment to read this post, backup your system(s), and patch your PCs. All told, this patch batch addresses at least 115 security flaws. Twenty-six of those earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning malware or miscreants could exploit them to gain complete, remote control over vulnerable computers without any help from users. Given the sheer number of fixes, mercifully there are no zero-day bugs to address, […]