Patch Tuesday

July 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: A month of instability and uncertainty
We’re halfway through 2023 already and moving into our seventh Patch Tuesday of the year next week. There’s been a lot of activity with Microsoft this month which may impact …

June 2023 Patch Tuesday: Critical patches for Microsoft Windows, SharePoint, Exchange
For June 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered 70 new patches but, for once, none of the fixed vulnerabilities are currently exploited by attackers nor were publicly …

June 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Don’t forget about Apple
UPDATE: June 13, 11:35 AM PT – June 2023 Patch Tuesday was released. The odd month-to-month pattern of CVEs addressed by Microsoft continued with the May Patch Tuesday. …

Microsoft fixes two actively exploited bugs, one used by BlackLotus bootkit (CVE-2023-29336, CVE-2023-24932)
For May 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered fixes for 38 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including a patch for a Windows bug (CVE-2023-29336) and a Secure Boot bypass …

May 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Dealing with End-of-Support (EOS)
The April Patch Tuesday releases were unusual because we saw a whopping 62 vulnerabilities addressed in the Microsoft Server 2012 KBs. Granted there was a lot of overlap with …

Microsoft patches zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-28252)
It’s April 2023 Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft has released fixes for 97 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2023-28252). About …

April 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: The vulnerability discovery race
The answer to the question “Why does software continue to have so many vulnerabilities?” is complex, because the software itself is so complex. There’ve been many articles …

Microsoft patches zero-days used by state-sponsored and ransomware threat actors (CVE-2023-23397, CVE-2023-24880)
It’s March 2023 Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 76 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-23397, …

March 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: It’s not about luck
Every month I touch on a few hot topics related to security around patching and some important updates to look out for on the upcoming Patch Tuesday. Diligence to this ongoing …

Microsoft patches three exploited zero-days (CVE-2023-21715, CVE-2023-23376, CVE-2023-21823)
The February 2023 Patch Tuesday is upon us, with Microsoft releasing patches for 75 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including three actively exploited zero-day flaws …

February 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: A Valentine’s date
Patch Tuesday falls on Valentine’s Day this year but will it be a special date? While there have been ongoing cyber-attacks of all kinds, it has been relatively quiet on the …

Microsoft plugs actively exploited zero-day hole (CVE-2023-21674)
To mark the January 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released patches for 98 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including one exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-21674) and one …
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