Microsoft has released security updates for 76 vulnerabilities and two zero-days for its August 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout. One of the zero-days (CVE-2023-38180) is a denial-of-service vulnerability in .NET and Visual Studio. The other zero-day (CVE-2023-36884) received a Defense in Depth update to mitigate a flaw under active attack; however, it is not a patch. Six of the … [Read more...] about August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
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July 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released security updates for 131 vulnerabilities and a disclosure for one yet-unpatched vulnerability for its July 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout: 9 are rated as Critical while the remaining 122 are rated as Important. There is one vulnerability without a severity rating. July 2023 Risk Analysis This month’s leading risk type is remote code execution (28%), followed … [Read more...] about July 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
June Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released 78 security patches for its June 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout. Of the vulnerabilities patched today, 6 are classified as Critical and 38 are remote code execution (RCE) flaws. June 2023 Risk Analysis This month’s leading risk type is remote code execution (41%), followed by elevation of privilege at nearly 22% and a tie for denial of service and spoofing … [Read more...] about June Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Zero-Day Alert: Google Issues Patch for New Chrome Vulnerability
Jun 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google on Monday released security updates to patch a high-severity flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-3079, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine. Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis … [Read more...] about Zero-Day Alert: Google Issues Patch for New Chrome Vulnerability
Cisco and VMware Release Security Updates to Patch Critical Flaws in their Products
Apr 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananSoftware Update / Network Security Cisco and VMware have released security updates to address critical security flaws in their products that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The most severe of the vulnerabilities is a command injection flaw in Cisco Industrial Network Director (CVE-2023-20036, … [Read more...] about Cisco and VMware Release Security Updates to Patch Critical Flaws in their Products
Microsoft Issues Patch for aCropalypse Privacy Flaw in Windows Screenshot Tools
Mar 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Windows Security Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to address a privacy-defeating flaw in its screenshot editing tool for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The issue, dubbed aCropalypse, could enable malicious actors to recover edited portions of screenshots, potentially revealing sensitive information that may have been cropped … [Read more...] about Microsoft Issues Patch for aCropalypse Privacy Flaw in Windows Screenshot Tools
February Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released 75 security patches for its February 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout: 9 vulnerabilities are rated Critical, and the remaining 66 are rated Important. Three actively exploited vulnerabilities were reported by the vendor: an elevation of privilege within Windows Common Log File System Driver (CVE-2023-23376), a security feature bypass in Microsoft Office … [Read more...] about February Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Cacti Servers Under Attack as Majority Fail to Patch Critical Vulnerability
Jan 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Patch Management A majority of internet-exposed Cacti servers have not been patched against a recently patched critical security vulnerability that has come under active exploitation in the wild. That's according to attack surface management platform Censys, which found only 26 out of a total of 6,427 servers to be running a … [Read more...] about Cacti Servers Under Attack as Majority Fail to Patch Critical Vulnerability
Microsoft Issues January 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates, Warns of Zero-Day Exploit
The first Patch Tuesday fixes shipped by Microsoft for 2023 have addressed a total of 98 security flaws, including one bug that the company said is being actively exploited in the wild. 11 of the 98 issues are rated Critical and 87 are rated Important in severity, with one of the vulnerabilities also listed as publicly known at the time of release. Separately, the Windows maker … [Read more...] about Microsoft Issues January 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates, Warns of Zero-Day Exploit
Fortinet and Zoho Urge Customers to Patch Enterprise Software Vulnerabilities
Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananApplication Security / SQLi Fortinet has warned of a high-severity flaw affecting multiple versions of FortiADC application delivery controller that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability in FortiADC may allow an authenticated attacker with access to the web … [Read more...] about Fortinet and Zoho Urge Customers to Patch Enterprise Software Vulnerabilities