Akamai’s Perspective on December’s Patch Tuesday 2023

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Microsoft’s December 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses One Zero-day Vulnerability

Summary: In the December Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft addressed a total of 42 CVEs, including one zero-day vulnerability. Within this range of vulnerabilities, the security update covered the typical spectrum of issues, including RCE flaws, concerns related to privilege escalation, spoofing,...

Microsoft patches 34 vulnerabilities, including one zero-day

December’s Patch Tuesday is a relatively quiet one on the Microsoft front. Redmond has patched 34 vulnerabilities with only four rated as critical. One vulnerability, a previously disclosed unpatched vulnerability in AMD central processing units CPUs, was shifted by AMD to software developers. Th...

Microsoft's Final 2023 Patch Tuesday: 34 Flaws Fixed, Including 4 Critical

Microsoft released its final set of Patch Tuesday updates for 2023, closing out 34 flaws in its software, making it one of the lightest releases in recent years. Of the 34 shortcomings, four are rated Critical and 30 are rated Important in severity. The fixes are in addition to 18 flaws Microsoft...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Edition

The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 is upon us, with Microsoft Corp. today releasing fixes for a relatively small number of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. Even more unusual, there are no known "zero-day" threats targeting any of the vulnerabilities in Decembers...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Security Update Review

Microsoft has wrapped up the year with fewer security updates released in its Patch Tuesday, December 2023 edition. We invite you to join us to review and discuss the details of these security updates and patches. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2023 In this months Patch Tuesday edition,...

Microsoft releases lightest Patch Tuesday in three years, no zero-days disclosed

Microsofts monthly security update released Tuesday is the companys lightest in four years, including only 33 vulnerabilities. Perhaps more notable is that there are no zero-day vulnerabilities included in Decembers Patch Tuesday, a rarity for Microsoft this year. The companys regular set of...

PT-2023-7620 · Microsoft · Windows Xaml Diagnostics +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows XAML Diagnostics affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the XAML diagnostics tool, which is associated with inadequate access restrictions. This vulnerability ca...

Reflecting on 20 years of Patch Tuesday

This year is a landmark moment for Microsoft as we observe the 20th anniversary of Patch Tuesday updates, an initiative that has become a cornerstone of the IT world’s approach to cybersecurity. Originating from the Trustworthy Computing memo by Bill Gates in 2002, our unwavering commitment to...

Microsoft’s November 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses Five Zero-day Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In the November Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft addressed a total of 63 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities. Within this range of vulnerabilities, the security update covered the typic...

Akamai’s Perspective on November’s Patch Tuesday 2023

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Patch Tuesday - November 2023

Microsoft is addressing 64 vulnerabilities this November Patch Tuesday, including five zero-day vulnerabilities as well as one critical remote code execution RCE vulnerability. Overall, this month sees significantly fewer vulnerabilities addressed across a smaller number of products than has been...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, November 2023 Security Update Review

Microsoft released its second last Patch Tuesday edition of the year. We invite you to join us to review and discuss the details of these security updates and patches. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November 2023 In this months Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft has addressed a total of 75...

Microsoft discloses only three critical vulnerabilities in November’s Patch Tuesday update, three other zero-days

Microsofts monthly security update released Tuesday only includes three critical vulnerabilities, an unusually small number based on previous months Patch Tuesdays. In all, this set of vulnerabilities Microsoft patched includes 57 vulnerabilities, 54 of which are considered "important." This is t...

October 2023: back to Positive Technologies, Vulristics updates, Linux Patch Wednesday, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, PhysTech VM lecture

October 2023: back to Positive Technologies, Vulristics updates, Linux Patch Wednesday, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, PhysTech VM lecture. Hello everyone! October was an interesting and busy month for me. I started a new job, worked on my open source Vulristics project, and analyzed vulnerabilities...

Oracle Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Security Update Review

Oracle has released its fourth quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains a group of patches for 387 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this update impact more than one product. These patches address vulnerabilities in Oracle code and third-party...

Unraveling the Intricate Arsenal of Stayin’ Alive Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In the October Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft addressed 103 flaws, including three actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. These patches cover critical and important vulnerabilities, a Chromium fi...

Microsoft’s October 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses Three Zero-day Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In the October Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft addressed 103 flaws, including three actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. These patches cover critical and important vulnerabilities, a...

Akamai’s Perspective on October’s Patch Tuesday 2023

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Microsoft’s October 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses Three Zero-day Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In the October Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft addressed 103 flaws, including three actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. These patches cover critical and important vulnerabilities, a...