Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday contained fixes for a zero-day bug and OMI
Among the 60 security fixes and updates Microsoft released on Patch Tuesday (14th september), was a fix resolving a Remote Code Execution problem in MSHTML.
The products affected by the September security update include Azure Sphere, Azure Open Management, PowerPoint, Office Excel, Access, Word,...
Microsoft releases a bumper batch of security updates
Microsoft released a bunch of security updates following Patch Tuesday. Check your systems for updates and install these security systems as soon as possible.
Following Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 4 XL-sized security fixes for its products to deal with 12 critical issues that plagued...
‘May 2021 Update’ to be the final build for Windows 10 21H1?
Microsoft has assigned Build 19043.928 as the final build for the 21H1 feature update to Windows 10. On April 28, officials called this build the ‘May 2021 Update’ in a Windows Insider blog post.
It was then made available to all participants in the Release Preview channel for download. Noti...
Microsoft closes multiple zero-days in Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has released its monthly series of security updates for its software. During this round of patches, more than one hundred vulnerabilities will be closed, five of which are labelled as zero-days.
Bleeping Computer has posted an overview of all the vulnerabilities on its website. Five of...
Microsoft patches 12-year-old vulnerability in Defender
Microsoft has closed a vulnerability that had been present in the antivirus software Microsoft Defender for 12 years. As far as is known, the bug was not actively exploited.
The vulnerability was discovered by the security company SentinelOne. The problem was in a driver that Microsoft Defender ...
Update patches actively exploited zero-day in Windows
Microsoft has rolled out a new series of updates for Windows. These updates consist mainly of batches for security problems. One of these vulnerabilities has already been exploited.
The bug in question is CVE-2021-1732. It concerns a bug in Win32k which allowed elevated privileges. ZDNet writes ...
Microsoft fixes Defender’s zero-day vulnerability on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s latest monthly security patches came out on Patch Tuesday, with the fix for Defender’s zero-day included. January's updates patch a total of 83 vulnerabilities, spread out over a wide range of Microsoft's products. They include cloud-based offerings, the Windows OS, Enterprise Serve...
Microsoft will not be releasing Windows 10 updates in December
Microsoft has said that Windows 10 users and admins should not expect preview updates this December. The reason for that is probably low staffing levels over the holiday season. December will be a break this time because the standard Microsoft Windows 10 updates are scheduled each month.
The upd...
Microsoft releases emergency update for Windows 10
Microsoft patched two bugs in the Windows Codec Library with an emergency update. According to Microsoft, these security bugs were not yet exploited.
The bugs, named CVE-2020-1425 and CVE-2020-1457, only affect Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019.
Attackers can use the bugs using a specially c...
Microsoft patches 111 vulnerabilities in May’s Patch Tuesday
Microsoft started rolling out the May 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates. This month's Patch Tuesday is the third-largest in Microsoft's history after the company patched 115 bugs in March 2020 and 113 bugs in April 2020.
This month, the company patched 111 vulnerabilities in 12 different produ...
Microsoft disables VBScript in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 and 8
Microsoft continues its plan to remove VBScript from the Internet. As of August 13, the next Patch Tuesday update for Windows, the technology will be disabled by default in Internet Explorer 11. Switching off the technology is done by giving an update in Patch Tuesday for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, write...
Microsoft patches fourth consecutive time zero-day leak in Windows
Microsoft rolled out its security updates for December on Tuesday. For the fourth month in a row, the Redmond-based company had to intervene to stop a zero-day leak being abused in the wild.
A total of 38 vulnerabilities have been resolved, nine of which are critical according to Microsoft. The most...