Critical Exchange Server Flaw (CVE-2024-21410) Under Active Exploitation

Microsoft on Wednesday acknowledged that a newly disclosed critical security flaw in Exchange Server has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after it released fixes for the vulnerability as part of its Patch Tuesday updates. Tracked as CVE-2024-21410 CVSS score: 9.8, the issue has been...

DarkMe Malware Targets Traders Using Microsoft SmartScreen Zero-Day Vulnerability

A newly disclosed security flaw in the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has been exploited as a zero-day by an advanced persistent threat actor called Water Hydra aka DarkCasino targeting financial market traders. Trend Micro, which began tracking the campaign in late December 2023, said it entails...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, February 2024 Security Update Review

The new Microsoft Patch Tuesday Edition for February 2024 is now live! We invite you to join us to review and discuss the details of these security updates and patches. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesdays February 2024 edition addressed 79 vulnerabilities, including...

First Microsoft Patch Tuesday zero-day of 2024 disclosed as part of group of 75 vulnerabilities

Microsoft followed up one of the lightest recent Patch Tuesdays in January with a large release of vulnerabilities on Tuesday, although still far from numbers seen in the past. In all, Februarys security update from Microsoft includes 75 vulnerabilities, three of which are considered critical...

Active Exploitation of Two Critical Flaws in Microsoft SharePoint

Summary: Active attacks targeting a critical Microsoft SharePoint Server vulnerability CVE-2023-29357 pose a severe risk, enabling privilege escalation for potential full administrator access. This flaw, coupled with CVE-2023-24955, allows arbitrary code execution. Immediate patching is crucial, ...

Akamai’s Perspective on January’s Patch Tuesday 2024

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Exploit for Untrusted Search Path in Microsoft

Privilege escalation using the XAML diagnostics API CVE-2023-...

Microsoft’s January 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 49 Vulnerabilities

Summary: Microsofts January 2024 Patch Tuesday addressed 49 vulnerabilities, including two critical ones, covering various products. Notably, a high-risk Kerberos security flaw CVE-2024-20674 and a network-adjacent Hyper-V vulnerability CVE-2024-20700 were patched, urging prompt updates to mitiga...

Patch now! First patch Tuesday of 2024 is here

Microsoft has issued patches for 48 security vulnerabilities in the first Patch Tuesday of 2024. With a relatively low number of patches—and only two of them critical—this makes it a relatively quiet month, which is certainly not the norm in January. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE...

Microsoft's January 2024 Windows Update Patches 48 New Vulnerabilities

Microsoft has addressed a total of 48 security flaws spanning its software as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for January 2024. Of the 48 bugs, two are rated Critical and 46 are rated Important in severity. There is no evidence that any of the issues are publicly known or under active attack at...

Patch Tuesday - January 2024

Microsoft is addressing 49 vulnerabilities this January 2024 Patch Tuesday, including a single critical remote code execution vulnerability. Four browser vulnerabilities were published separately this month, and are not included in the total. No zero-day vulnerabilities are published or patched...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, January 2024 Security Update Review

The first edition of the Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2024 is now live! Microsoft has released fewer than usual security fixes in this months update. We invite you to join us to review and discuss the details of these security updates and patches. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2024 Microsoft...

Microsoft starts off new year with relatively light Patch Tuesday, no zero-days

Microsoft followed up one of the lightest recent Patch Tuesdays in December with another month of no zero-day vulnerabilities and only two critical issues. Many of the companys monthly security updates in 2023 included vulnerabilities that were actively being exploited in the wild or had publicly...

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...