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January 12, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2021 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft 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. Most concerning of this month’s batch is probably a critical bug (CVE-2021-1647) in Microsoft’s default anti-malware suite — Windows Defender — that is seeing active exploitation. […]
February 9, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2021 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft today rolled out updates to plug at least 56 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. One of the bugs is already being actively exploited, and six of them were publicized prior to today, potentially giving attackers a head start in figuring out how to exploit the flaws. Nine of the 56 vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most urgent “critical” rating, meaning malware or miscreants could use them to seize remote control over unpatched systems with little or no help from users. The flaw being exploited in the wild already — […]
May 11, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2021 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft today released fixes to plug at least 55 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. Four of these weaknesses can be exploited by malware and malcontents to seize complete, remote control over vulnerable systems without any help from users. On deck this month are patches to quash a wormable flaw, a creepy wireless bug, and yet another reason to call for the death of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. While May brings about half the normal volume of updates from Microsoft, there are some notable weaknesses that deserve […]
June 8, 2021

Microsoft Patches Six Zero-Day Security Holes

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft today released another round of security updates for Windows operating systems and supported software, including fixes for six zero-day bugs that malicious hackers already are exploiting in active attacks. June’s Patch Tuesday addresses just 49 security holes — about half the normal number of vulnerabilities lately. But what this month lacks in volume it makes up for in urgency: Microsoft warns that bad guys are leveraging a half-dozen of those weaknesses to break into computers in targeted attacks. Among the zero-days are: –CVE-2021-33742, a remote code execution bug in a Windows HTML […]