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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2018 Edition

February 13, 2018 admin Adobe Flash zero-day, Flash Player update, Google Chrome, Microsoft Patch Tuesday February 2018, microsoft windows, mozilla firefox, sans internet storm center, Time to Patch

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.

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Microsoft’s October Patch Batch Fixes 62 Flaws

October 16, 2017 admin adobe, Bishop Fox, Checkpoint, Flash Player, October 2017 patch tuesday, office, Other, reader, sans internet storm center, SEC Consult, windows, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows subsystem for Linux

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.