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Patch Tuesday, June 2024 “Recall” Edition

June 11, 2024 admin adam barnett, copilot, cve-2004-30080, cve-2024-30078, immersive labs, kevin beaumont, kevin breen, Mastodon, microsoft message queuing, microsoft patch tuesday june 2024, Patrick Gray, Rapid7, Recall, Risky Business podcast, Time to Patch, windows, windows wifi driver

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:57:35 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, a relatively light Patch Tuesday this month for Windows administrators. The software giant also responded to a torrent of negative feedback on a new feature of Redmond’s flagship operating system that constantly takes screenshots of whatever users are doing on their computers, saying the feature would no longer be enabled by default.

MalwareBytes Security

How to remove a user from a shared Windows device

May 21, 2024 admin Explained, personal, remove user, shared, windows

This post explains how to remove additional users and accounts from your Windows device

Microsoft Security

New Windows 11 features strengthen security to address evolving cyberthreat landscape

May 21, 2024 admin windows

Credit to Author: David Weston| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Today, ahead of the Microsoft Build 2024 conference, we announced a new class of Windows computers, Copilot+ PC. Alongside this exciting new class of computers, we are introducing important security features and updates that make Windows 11 more secure for users and organizations, and give developers the tools to prioritize security.

The post New Windows 11 features strengthen security to address evolving cyberthreat landscape appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

MalwareBytes Security

How to delete an additional user from a shared Windows device

May 21, 2024 admin Explained, personal, remove user, shared, windows

This post explains how to remove additional users and accounts from your Windows device

Microsoft Security

New Microsoft Incident Response guide helps simplify cyberthreat investigations

April 24, 2024 admin windows

Credit to Author: Microsoft Incident Response| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Discover how to fortify your organization’s cybersecurity defense with this practical guide on digital forensics from Microsoft’s Incident Response team.

The post New Microsoft Incident Response guide helps simplify cyberthreat investigations appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Microsoft Security

Analyzing Forest Blizzard’s custom post-compromise tool for exploiting CVE-2022-38028 to obtain credentials

April 23, 2024 admin blizzard, elevation of privilege, forest blizzard (strontium), Government, non-governmental organizations (ngos), windows

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Since 2019, Forest Blizzard has used a custom post-compromise tool to exploit a vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service that allows elevated permissions. Microsoft has issued a security update addressing this vulnerability as CVE-2022-38028.

The post Analyzing Forest Blizzard’s custom post-compromise tool for exploiting CVE-2022-38028 to obtain credentials appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Kaspersky Security

Note-taking apps and to-do lists with end-to-end encryption | Kaspersky official blog

April 15, 2024 admin Android, end-to-end encryption, iOS, MacOS, news, notes, privacy, windows

Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 14:11:20 +0000

An overview of private and encrypted note-taking apps, to-do lists, and diaries on all platforms.

ComputerWorld Independent

For March's Patch Tuesday, no zero-day flaws

March 15, 2024 admin microsoft, Microsoft Office, Security, small and medium business, windows

Microsoft this week pushed out 61 Patch Tuesday updates with no reports of public disclosures or other zero-days affecting the larger ecosystem (Windows, Office, .NET). Though there are three updated packages from February, they’re just informational changes with no further action is required.

The team at Readiness has crafted this helpful infographic outlining the risks associated with each of the March updates.

Known issues

Each month, Microsoft publishes a list of known issues that relate to the operating system and platforms included in the latest update cycle; for March, there are two minor issues reported:

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