Microsoft fixes 44 vulnerabilities, including seven flaws that are classified as critical and three zero-day flaws, with one actively exploited in the wild
Today is Microsoft's August 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for three zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 44 flaws …
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Discussion
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@briankrebs
@briankrebs
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Microsoft today patched 44 security holes, 7 of them critical. It warned that attackers are already targeting one of the flaws, which ironically enough involves an easy-to-exploit bug in the software component responsible for patching Windows 10 PCs, et al https://krebsonsecurity…
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@dangillmor
Dan Gillmor
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The lack of accountability for bad software ensures that new products and features will always override users' security. https://twitter.com/...
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@msftsecresponse
@msftsecresponse
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See the latest MSRC blog about Point and Print Changes https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/ ...
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@ajohnsocyber
Ann Johnson
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‘Our investigation into several vulnerabilities collectively referred to as “PrintNightmare” has determined that the default behavior of Point and Print does not provide customers with the level of security required to protect against potential attacks.’ Really important change h…