security bulletins

From chaos to cadence: Celebrating two decades of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday

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October 11, 2023 at 09:09AM Microsoft introduced Patch Tuesday in October 2003, a monthly release of software fixes on the second Tuesday of each month. The change brought predictability and stability for IT administrators, who previously faced chaotic patching processes. The number of patches has increased significantly over the years, and other vendors have joined … Read more

It’s 2023 and Microsoft WordPad can be exploited to hijack vulnerable systems

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October 10, 2023 at 07:58PM Microsoft has released over 100 security updates, including fixes for two bugs that are already being actively exploited. One of the vulnerabilities, known as Rapid Reset, is an HTTP/2 weakness that has been used since August to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Microsoft WordPad also has an information … Read more