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Four zero-days make July 's Patch Tuesday a 'patch now' update

July 14, 2023 admin microsoft, Microsoft Office, Security, small and medium business, windows

With this month’s Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft addressed 130 security vulnerabilities, published two advisories, and included four major CVE revisions. We also have four zero-days to manage for Windows (CVE-2023-32046, CVE-2023-32049, CVE-2023-36874 and CVE-2023-36884), bringing the Windows platform into a “patch now” schedule.

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June's Patch Tuesday updates focus on Windows, Office

June 16, 2023 admin microsoft, Microsoft Office, Security, small and medium business, windows

Microsoft released 73 updates to its Windows, Office, and Visual Studio platforms on Patch Tuesday, with many of them dealing with core, but not urgent, security vulnerabilities. That’s a welcome respite from the previous six months of urgent zero-days and public disclosures. With that in mind, the Readiness testing team suggests a focus on printing and backup/recovery processes to make sure they’re not affected by this update cycle.

For the first time, we see a (non-Adobe) third-party vendor added to a Patch Tuesday release, with three minor plugin updates to Visual Studio for AutoDesk. Expect to see more such vendors added to Microsoft’s updates in the near future. The team at Readiness has created a useful infographic that outlines the risks associated with each of the updates.

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May's Patch Tuesday update includes 3 zero-day flaws; fix them ASAP

May 11, 2023 admin microsoft, Microsoft Office, Security, small and medium business, windows

In it’s May update, Microsoft addressed 51 vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio. And with three zero-day flaws to urgently address in Windows (CVE-2023-24932, CVE-2023-29325 and CVE-2023-29336), the focus this month needs to be on rapidly updating both Windows and Microsoft Office. Both platforms get our “Patch Now” recommendation.

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May’s Patch Tuesday haul touches a six-pack of product families

May 11, 2023 admin av1, blacklotus, bootkit, cve-2023-24881, cve-2023-24932, cve-2023-24941, cve-2023-29325, cve-2023-29340, Microsoft Office, microsoft windows, Patch Tuesday, secure boot, Sharepoint, teams, threat research, uefi

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 19:27:52 +0000

A relatively light month by the numbers, but several patches require extra effort to deploy

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Patch now to address a Windows zero-day

April 14, 2023 admin microsoft, Microsoft Office, Security, small and medium business, windows

Microsoft has addressed 97 existing vulnerabilities this April Patch Tuesday, with a further eight previously released patches updated and re-released. There have been reports of a vulnerability (CVE-2023-28252) exploited in the wild, making it a “Patch Now” release.

This update cycle affects Windows desktops, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Reader. No updates for Microsoft Exchange this month. The team at Application Readiness has provided a helpful infographic that outlines the risks associated with each of the updates for this April update cycle.

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