Microsoft has released patches for nearly 100 vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday, including three Exchange remote code execution bugs and an HTTP protocol stack remote code execution vulnerability. Despite the unusually large amount of patches to start the year, none are listed as being actively exploited. However, six are listed as publicly known at the time […]
Google is releasing a Chrome security update for Windows, Mac and Linux that contains fixes for 37 vulnerabilities. Fixes for the updates are included in Chrome 97.0.4692.7, which the company says will roll out over the coming days and weeks. Of the 37 security bugs, one is rated as critical—a use after free flaw in […]
Just in time for the holidays, the Log4j vulnerabilities sent IT and security teams into a panic earlier this month. The Apache Foundation has since fixed the bugs and issued patches, so the onus is now on software developers and administrators to patch software and apply the fixes. Since Log4j is a hugely popular Java […]
Microsoft is urging Active Directory administrators to apply November patches for a pair of tricky domain service privilege escalation vulnerabilities after a proof-of-concept tool leveraging them was publicly disclosed. According to the company, an attacker can combine the two bugs (CVE-2021-42287 and CVE-2021-42278) to “create a straightforward path to a Domain Admin user in an […]
As system administrators, cybersecurity experts and other IT professionals work around the clock to address the Log4j vulnerability, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Adobe released a slew of security patches this week that address significant software flaws. Microsoft and Adobe followed the typical patch Tuesday cycle, releasing a total of 78 patches across products from the two […]
Security researchers have discovered a new easy-to-exploit zero-day vulnerability in the ubiquitous Java logging library Apache Log4j 2 that could give attackers the ability to execute unauthenticated remote code execution. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with dozens of cybersecurity providers, have issued alerts and advisories of the vulnerability, CVE-2021-44228, which they warn […]
In a cybersecurity environment in which bad actors pounce on published software vulnerabilities, patching those flaws as quickly as possible is critical. That becomes even more important with a distributed workforce that can be difficult for IT to manage. However, over 70% of organizations lack automated patch management for at least some systems, and 62% […]
Zoom has announced an automatic update feature to immediately send new features, bug fixes and security patches to the desktop Zoom client on Windows and macOS. According to Zoom, this new feature is designed to streamline the update process and make “security second nature.” When enabled, users will automatically receive Zoom updates in the future. […]
IT admins of Microsoft systems have 55 new vulnerabilities to patch this month after the company issued its patches for November this week, including two that are currently under active exploitation and six rated as critical. November’s Patch Tuesday releases fix security flaws in Microsoft products such as Azure, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Microsoft Dynamics, […]
Cisco and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are urging organizations to apply updates that patch critical vulnerabilities in Cisco products. The networking company released patches for several vulnerabilities this week, including two rated critical and two rated high, impacting Cisco Policy Suite, two lines of switches and Cisco’s Email Security Appliance. The vulnerabilities […]
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