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Microsoft September Patch Tuesday Fixes 82 Security Issues, Including a Zero-Day
Moments ago, Microsoft published the September 2017 Patch Tuesday, and this month the OS maker fixed 82 security bugs. Among the patches, there is one zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild and three bugs whose details became public but have yet to be exploited in attacks.
- September 12, 2017
- 02:25 PM
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Microsoft Just Fixed a Wormable Bug in Windows Search Affecting All OS Versions
The Microsoft August 2017 Patch Tuesday security patches include fixes for 48 issues, of which 25 are rated critical, but none is as ominous as CVE-2017-8620.
- August 09, 2017
- 02:10 AM
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Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday Fixes 48 Security Issues
Microsoft released the August 2017 Patch Tuesday security bulletin, and this month the company fixed 48 security issues in six of its main product categories.
- August 08, 2017
- 01:39 PM
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NTLM Relay Attacks Still Causing Problems in 2017
Microsoft's July 2017 Patch Tuesday includes a fix for an issue with the NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication Protocol that can be exploited to allow attackers to create admin accounts on a local network's domain controller (DC).
- July 11, 2017
- 04:17 PM
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Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday Fixes 55 Security Issues
Microsoft has released updates today for the Windows 10 operating system, as well as for other of the company's products, updates that fix 55 security issues ranging from remote code execution to simple spoofing attacks.
- July 11, 2017
- 02:05 PM
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Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday Fixes Two Vulnerabilities Used in Live Attacks
Microsoft published today the June 2017 Patch Tuesday, which patches over 90 security flaws, including two vulnerabilities used in live attacks.
- June 13, 2017
- 08:10 PM
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Microsoft Issues Windows XP Security Updates for Previously Ignored NSA Hacking Tools
In two blog posts today, Microsoft announced it issued new security patches for Windows XP users to protect them against "potential nation-state activity" that could cause "destructive cyber attacks" similar to the WannaCry outbreak that hit users last month.
- June 13, 2017
- 04:50 PM
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Microsoft Security Updates for May 2017 Include Fixes for Four Zero-Days
Earlier today, Microsoft officially released its monthly updates, something that sysadmins all over the world call Patch Tuesday.
- May 09, 2017
- 04:38 PM
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In the Mess of Its New Security Updates Format, Microsoft Patched 3 Bugs Exploited in Live Attacks
Yesterday, Microsoft migrated to a new Patch Tuesday format, which now lists update information via a portal named the Microsoft Security Update Guide, which for the time being, has managed to confuse most sysadmins.
- April 12, 2017
- 05:21 AM
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Microsoft's April 2017 Patch Tuesday Comes with 61 Security Updates
As part of the April 2017 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released today 61 security updates for products such as its operating systems, browsers, the Office suite, and others.
- April 11, 2017
- 05:40 PM
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Microsoft's March 2017 Patch Tuesday Contains 17 Security Updates
Today is the March 2017 Microsoft Patch Tuesday and we have 17 security updates being released by Microsoft. Of these seventeen updates, seven of them are rated as Critical as they allow remote code execution on the affected computer.
- March 14, 2017
- 05:43 PM
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Third-Party Vendor Issues Temporary Patch for Windows GDI Vulnerability
A vulnerability discovered by Google Project Zero security researchers and left without a patch by Microsoft received a temporary fix from third-party security vendor ACROS Security.
- March 04, 2017
- 08:45 AM
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After Microsoft Delayed Patch Tuesday, Google Discloses Windows Bug
For the second time in three months, Google engineers have disclosed a bug in the Windows OS without Microsoft having released a fix before Google's announcement.
- February 18, 2017
- 11:20 AM
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Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday Moved to March 14
After Microsoft said on Tuesday that it was postponing its February Patch Tuesday indefinitely, the company issued a new statement today, announcing that February's patches will arrive on March 14, next month.
- February 16, 2017
- 02:51 AM
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Microsoft Delays February 2017 Security Updates Due to "Last Minute Issue"
In a short announcement posted on its blog today, Microsoft announced it was delaying today's Patch Tuesday security updates indefinitely until its engineers address a last minute issue the company expected to cause problems for customers, if deployed today.
- February 14, 2017
- 03:10 PM
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Microsoft's January 2017 Patch Tuesday Comes with 4 Security Updates
Today, Microsoft released four security bulletins as part of its monthly security update train known as "Patch Tuesday." This month, two of the four Microsoft security bulletins are rated as critical, the highest severity rating a bulletin can receive.
- January 10, 2017
- 07:52 PM
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Microsoft's November 2016 Patch Tuesday fixes Zero Day disclosed by Google
Today is the November 2016 Patch Tuesday and we have 14 security updates being released by Microsoft. Of these 14 updates, 6 of them are rated as Critical as they allow remote code execution on the affected computer. Of particular note is the MS16-135 update, which fixes the zero-day Windows vulnerability reported by Google last week
- November 08, 2016
- 04:01 PM
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October 2016 Patch Tuesday includes 10 Windows Security Updates
Today is the October 2016 Microsoft Patch Tuesday and we have ten security updates being released by Microsoft. Of these ten updates, five of them are rated as Critical as they allow remote code execution on the affected computer.
- October 11, 2016
- 10:46 PM
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September 2016 Patch Tuesday includes 14 Security Updates
Today is the September 2016 Microsoft Patch Tuesday and we have fourteen security updates being released by Microsoft. Of these fourteen updates, seven of them are rated as Critical as they allow remote code execution on the affected computer.
- September 13, 2016
- 06:21 PM
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August 2016 Patch Tuesday includes 9 Security Updates
Today is the August 2016 Microsoft Patch Tuesday and we have nine security updates being released by Microsoft. Of these nine updates, five of them are rated as Critical as they allow remote code execution on the affected computer.
- August 09, 2016
- 03:52 PM
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