Other companies gather around Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday and issue their updates round and about the same time and there are also the critical patches that are issued when needed. Here are some that are in the news but you should be checking your systems for updates: AWS fixes vulnerability affecting …
December’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday
SANS Internet Storm Diary has a comprehensive report on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday: Microsoft December 2022 Patch Tuesday – SANS Internet Storm Center Here is the Microsoft release page: December 2022 Security Updates – Release Notes – Security Update Guide – Microsoft The Microsoft report gives much more information on the …
Russia Ukraine cyber actions this winter
I updated the pinned post at the top of the blog yesterday with warnings from Microsoft and Google about the potential for the Russia Ukraine cyber conflict to escalate over this winter. Here is an article by Alexander Martin from The Record looking at the risks and threats in more …
Newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Windows is being exploited now
Zero-day attacks will always be a serious issue for anyone involved in cyber security. A zero-day cyber attack is one that happens in the gap between the hackers discovering a vulnerability in a system and putting an exploit out in the wild and the software vendors, discovering the same software …
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CISA adds a Microsoft vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Microsoft Windows flaw to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. CISA Has Added One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog    | CISA
