Microsoft discloses 5 critical vulnerabilities in June's Patch Tuesday, no zero-days

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 69 vulnerabilities across its suite of products and software. Five of these vulnerabilities are considered to be critical, 45 of them are listed as being high severity, 17 of them are medium severity and two are of low severity. F...

Akamai’s Perspective on June’s Patch Tuesday 2023

Every Patch Tuesday stirs up the community. See Akamai's insights and recommendations on what to focus on, and patch, patch, patch!...

Researchers Uncover Publisher Spoofing Bug in Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

Security researchers have warned about an "easily exploitable" flaw in the Microsoft Visual Studio installer that could be abused by a malicious actor to impersonate a legitimate publisher and distribute malicious extensions. "A threat actor could impersonate a popular publisher and issue a...

Experts Unveil Exploit for Recent Windows Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

Details have emerged about a now-patched actively exploited security flaw in Microsoft Windows that could be abused by a threat actor to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29336, is rated 7.8 for severity and concerns an elevation of privilege bug...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 08 to 14 May 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, identified a total of nine attacks that were executed. Additionally, HiveForce Labs identified four different...

Akamai’s Perspective on May’s Patch Tuesday 2023

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Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday Fixes 38 Flaws, Including 2 Exploited Zero-Day Bugs

Microsoft has rolled out Patch Tuesday updates for May 2023 to address 38 security flaws, including two zero-day bugs that it said are being actively exploited in the wild. Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative ZDI said the volume is the lowest since August 2021, although it pointed out that "this...

Update now! May 2023 Patch Tuesday tackles three zero-days

Its that time of the month again: We're looking at May's Patch Tuesday roundup. Microsoft has released its monthly update, and while the total number of patched vulnerabilities is relatively low at 38, among them are three zero-day vulnerabilities. Microsoft classifies a vulnerability as a zero-d...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, May 2023 Security Update Review

Microsoft has addressed 49 vulnerabilities in its May Patch Tuesday edition. The security advisories cover various vulnerabilities in different products, features, and roles. Lets guide you through this months Patch Tuesday details. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2023 Microsoft has also addresse...

Patch Tuesday - May 2023

A less crowded Patch Tuesday for May 2023: Microsoft is offering fixes for just 49 vulnerabilities this month. There are no fixes this month for printer drivers, DNS, or .NET, three components which have featured heavily in recent months. Three zero-day vulnerabilities are patched, alongside a...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2023 — Fewest vulnerabilities disclosed in a month in three-plus years

Microsoft disclosed 40 vulnerabilities across its suite of products and software Tuesday, the fewest the companys included in a Patch Tuesday since December 2019. However, two of the vulnerabilities is being actively exploited in the wild, according to Microsoft, the fourth month in a row in whic...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday April 2023: CLFS EoP, Word RCE, MSMQ QueueJumper RCE, PCL6, DNS, DHCP

Microsoft Patch Tuesday April 2023: CLFS EoP, Word RCE, MSMQ QueueJumper RCE, PCL6, DNS, DHCP. Hello everyone! This episode will be about Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2023, including vulnerabilities that were added between March and April Patch Tuesdays. Alternative video link for Russia:...

Exploit for Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Microsoft

CVE-2023-21768 – AFD-for-WinSock-EoP-exploit Analysis articl...

Oracle Patch Tuesday April 2023 Security Update Review

Oracle has released the second quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains a group of patches for 433 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed this month impact various products. These patches address vulnerabilities in Oracle code and third-party components...

Akamai’s Perspective on April’s Patch Tuesday 2023

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Microsoft April 2023 Patch Tuesday Highlights: everything you need to know

Detect and mitigate CVE-2023-28252, EoP vulnerability exploited in the wild, and CVE-2023-21554, a critical RCE vulnerability. Organizations should patch urgently...

Threat Source newsletter (April 13, 2023) — Dark web forum whac-a-mole

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Law enforcement organizations across the globe notched a series of wins over the past few weeks against online forums for cybercriminals. On March 23, the FBI announced it disrupted the online cybercriminal marketplace BreachForums,...

Microsoft Addresses Zero-Day and Wormable Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Microsofts April 2023 Patch Tuesday and security updates address one actively exploited the zero-day vulnerability and a total of 97 flaws, consisting of 7 critical and 90 important vulnerabilitie...

Update now! April’s Patch Tuesday includes a fix for one zero-day

Its Patch Tuesday again. Microsoft and other vendors have released their monthly updates. Among a total of 97 patched vulnerabilities there is one actively exploited zero-day. Microsoft classifies a vulnerability as a zero-day if it is publicly disclosed or actively exploited with no official fix...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday April 2023 Security Update Review

Microsoft released security updates to address 114 vulnerabilities in the April Patch Tuesday edition. The security advisories cover various vulnerabilities in different products, features, and roles. Lets know more about this months Patch Tuesday details. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2023...