Microsoft Patch Tuesday January 2022

Hello everyone! This episode will be about Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2022. Traditionally, I will use my open source Vulristics tool for analysis. This time I didnt make any changes to how connectors work. The report generation worked correctly on the first try. python3.8 vulristics.py...

Microsoft Yanks Buggy Windows Server Updates

Microsoft has yanked the Windows Server updates it issued on Patch Tuesday after admins found that the updates had critical bugs that break three things: They trigger spontaneous boot loops on Windows servers that act as domain controllers, break Hyper-V and render ReFS volume systems unavailable...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes critical zero-days along with 97 other flaws

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Microsoft has fixed 97 vulnerabilities, with nine classified as Critical and 88 as Important and among them 6 zero-days. Following are the type of security vulnerabilities reported in multiple Microsoft products: 41 Elevation...

First Patch Tuesday of 2022 Brings Fix for a Critical 'Wormable' Windows Vulnerability

Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its first set of updates for 2022 by plugging 96 security holes across its software ecosystem, while urging customers to prioritize patching for what it calls a critical "wormable" vulnerability. Of the 96 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 89 are rated...

Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (January 2022) – Microsoft 126 Vulnerabilities with 9 Critical, Adobe 41 Vulnerabilities, 22 critical

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – January 2022 Microsoft patched 126 vulnerabilities in their January 2022 Patch Tuesday release. Out of these, nine are rated as critical severity. As of this writing, none of the 126 vulnerabilities are known to be actively exploited. Microsoft has fixed problems in thei...

‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads January 2022 Patch Tuesday

Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 120 security holes in Windows and supported software. Six of the vulnerabilities were publicly detailed already, potentially giving attackers a head start in figuring out how to exploit them in unpatched systems. More concerning, Microsoft warns tha...

Microsoft Faces Wormable, Critical RCE Bug & 6 Zero-Days

Microsoft has addressed a total of 97 security vulnerabilities in its January 2022 Patch Tuesday update – nine of them rated critical – including six that are listed as publicly known zero-days. The fixes cover a swath of the computing giant’s portfolio, including: Microsoft Windows and Windows...

Patch Tuesday - January 2022

The first Patch Tuesday of 2022 sees Microsoft publishing fixes for over 120 CVEs across the bulk of their product line, including 29 previously patched CVEs affecting their Edge browser via Chromium. None of these have yet been seen exploited in the wild, though six were publicly disclosed prior...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Jan. 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

By Jon Munshaw and Vitor Ventura. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 102 vulnerabilities across its large collection of hardware and software. This is the largest amount of vulnerabilities Microsoft has disclosed in a monthly security update in eight months,... Thi...

New Exploit Lets Malware Attackers Bypass Patch for Critical Microsoft MSHTML Flaw

A short-lived phishing campaign has been observed taking advantage of a novel exploit that bypassed a patch put in place by Microsoft to fix a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the MSHTML component with the goal of delivering Formbook malware. "The attachments represent an escalation ...

A week in security (Dec 13 – 19)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Spear phish, whale phish, regular phish: What’s the difference? Kronos crippled by ransomware, service may be out for weeks 5 security lessons from 18 months of working from home What SMBs can do to protect against Log4Shell attacks After Log4j, December’s Patch...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday December 2021

Hello everyone! Its even strange to talk about other vulnerabilities, while everyone is so focused on vulnerabilities in log4j. But life doesnt stop. Other vulnerabilities appear every day. And of course, there are many critical ones among them that require immediate patching. This episode will b...

SAP Kicks Log4Shell Vulnerability Out of 20 Apps

SAP has identified 32 apps that are affected by CVE-2021-44228 – the critical vulnerability in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library that’s been under active attack since last week. As of yesterday, Patch Tuesday, the German software maker reported that it’s already patched 20 of those apps...

Microsoft Issues Windows Update to Patch 0-Day Used to Spread Emotet Malware

Microsoft has rolled out Patch Tuesday updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, including one actively exploited flaw that's being abused to deliver Emotet, TrickBot, or Bazaloader malware payloads. The latest monthly release for December fixes a total o...

Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Allows App Spoofing, Malware Delivery

Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in the wild to deliver Emotet, Trickbot and more in the form of fake applications. The patch came as part of the computing giant’s December Patch Tuesday update, which included a total of 67 fixes for security vulnerabilities. Th...

Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (December 2021) – Microsoft 83 Vulnerabilities with 7 Critical, 1 Actively Exploited. Adobe 60 Vulnerabilities, 28 critical.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – December 2021 Microsoft patched 83 vulnerabilities in their December 2021 Patch Tuesday release, of which seven 7 are rated as critical severity. This months release includes one 1 Zero Day known to be actively exploited. Products impacted by Microsofts December security...

Vulristics Command Line Interface, improved Product & Vuln. Type Detections and Microsoft Patch Tuesday November 2021

Hello everyone! In this episode I want to highlight the latest changes in my Vulristics project. For those who dont know, this is a utility for prioritizing CVE vulnerabilities based on data from various sources.. Currently Microsoft, NVD, Vulners, AttackerKB. Command Line Interface I started...

Ongoing Exploitation of Windows Installer CVE-2021-41379

CVE | Vendor Advisory | AttackerKB | IVM Content | Patching Urgency | Last Update ---|---|---|---|---|--- CVE-2021-41379 | Microsoft Advisory | AttackerKB | Scheduled when patched | ASAP when released | December 3, 2021 3:00 PM ET See the Updates section at the end of this post for new informatio...

Windows Installer vulnerability becomes actively exploited zero-day

Sometimes the ways in which malicious code gets in the hands of cybercriminals is frustrating for those in the industry, and incomprehensible to those on the outside. A quick summary of the events in the history of this exploit: A researcher found a flaw in Windows Installer that would allow an...

Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (November 2021) – Microsoft 55 Vulnerabilities with 6 Critical, 6 Zero-Days. Adobe 4 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – November 2021 Microsoft patched 55 vulnerabilities in their November 2021 Patch Tuesday release, of which six are rated as critical severity and six were previously reported as zero-days. Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities Patched CVE-2021-42298 - Microsoft Defender Remo...