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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:07:33 +0000

Microsoft today released fifteen software updates to fix more than 70 unique security vulnerabilities in various flavors of its Windows operating systems and supported software, including at least two zero-day bugs. These patches apply to Windows, Internet Explorer (IE) and Edge browsers, Office, Sharepoint and Exchange. Separately, Adobe has issued security updates for Acrobat/Reader and Flash Player.

Independent Krebs

March 12, 2019 admin

Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:55:28 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Sharepoint. If you (ab)use Microsoft products, it’s time once again to start thinking about getting your patches on. Malware or bad guys can remotely exploit roughly one-quarter of the flaws fixed in today’s patch batch without any help from users.

Independent Krebs

February 13, 2018 admin

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2018 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:13:27 +0000

Microsoft today released a bevy of security updates to tackle more than 50 serious weaknesses in Windows, Internet Explorer/Edge, Microsoft Office and Adobe Flash Player, among other products. A good number of the patches issued today ship with Microsoft’s “critical” rating, meaning the problems they fix could be exploited remotely by miscreants or malware to seize complete control over vulnerable systems — with little or no help from users.

Independent Krebs

October 16, 2017 admin

Microsoft’s October Patch Batch Fixes 62 Flaws

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:18:40 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix at least 62 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and other software. Two of those flaws were detailed publicly before yesterday’s patches were released, and one of them is already being exploited in active attacks, so attackers already have a head start.