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May 9, 2023 13:47

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2023 — Fewest vulnerabilities disclosed in a month in three-plus years

One of the vulnerabilities is being actively exploited in the wild, according to Microsoft, the fourth month in a row in which this is the case.

April 11, 2023 15:28

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2023 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

April is the third month in a row in which at least one of the vulnerabilities Microsoft released in a Patch Tuesday had been exploited in the wild prior to disclosure.

March 14, 2023 16:08

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for March 2023 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft disclosed 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line, including two issues that are actively being exploited in the wild, continuing a trend of zero-days appearing in Patch Tuesdays over the past few months.

January 10, 2023 14:18

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2023 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly security update on Tuesday, disclosing 101 vulnerabilities. Of these vulnerabilities, 11 are classified as “Critical”, 89 are classified as “Important”, no vulnerability classified as “Moderate.”

December 13, 2022 14:06

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly security update on Tuesday, disclosing 48 vulnerabilities. Of these vulnerabilities, 6 are classified as “Critical”, 41 are classified as “Important”, with the remaining vulnerability classified as “Moderate.”

November 8, 2022 13:22

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly security update on Tuesday, disclosing 62 vulnerabilities. Of these vulnerabilities, 8 are classified as “Critical” and the rest are classified as “Important.”

October 11, 2022 14:01

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line.

September 13, 2022 14:01

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for September 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

September's security update features five critical vulnerabilities, 10 fewer than were included in last month’s Patch Tuesday.

August 9, 2022 16:44

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing more than 120 vulnerabilities across its line of products and software, the most in a single Patch Tuesday in four months. This batch of updates also includes a fix for a new vulnerability in the Microsoft Window