Patch Tuesday
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 …
January 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Procrastinate at your own risk
The start of a new year means it’s time to start working towards achieving your annual resolutions. Based on the headlines from the December news media, perhaps the most …
Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day, revokes certificate used to sign malicious drivers (CVE-2022-44698)
It’s December 2022 Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 50+ vulnerabilities, including a Windows SmartScreen bypass flaw (CVE-2022-44698) exploited by …
December 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Fine-tuning the connectivity
Microsoft wrapped up a lot of ‘loose ends’ last month with their November set of updates, but there is still some work to do before the end-of-year holiday season. The …
Microsoft fixes many zero-days under attack
November 2022 Patch Tuesday is here, with fixes for many vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild, including CVE-2022-41091, a Windows Mark of the Web bypass flaw, and …
November 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Wrapping up loose ends?
October 2022 Patch Tuesday was a little unusual last month, as it ‘kind of’ repeated itself the following week. Microsoft turned around and released a series of non-security …