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July 12, 2022 13:33

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

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing more than 80 vulnerabilities in the company’s various software, hardware and firmware offerings, including one that’s actively being exploited in the wild. July's security update features three critical vulne

June 14, 2022 14:47

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

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 55 vulnerabilities in the company’s firmware and software. One of these vulnerabilities is considered critical, 40 are listed as high severity, and the remainder is considered "moderate." The most serio

May 10, 2022 15:31

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

Microsoft returned to its normal monthly patching volume in May, disclosing and fixing 74 vulnerabilities as part of the company’s latest security update. This month’s Patch Tuesday includes seven critical vulnerabilities after Microsoft disclosed more than 140 security issues in

April 12, 2022 16:17

Microsoft Patch Tuesday includes most vulnerabilities since Sept. 2020

Microsoft released its latest security update Tuesday, disclosing more than 140 vulnerabilities across its array of products. This is a departure from past Patch Tuesdays this year, which have only featured a few dozen vulnerabilities, and is the largest amount of issues in a sin

January 11, 2022 17:12

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Jan. 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 102 vulnerabilities across its large collection of hardware and software. This is the largest amount of vulnerabilities Microsoft has disclosed in a monthly security update in eight months, however, none of the is

July 14, 2020 14:01

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for July 2020 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing more than 120 vulnerabilities across its array of products. While only a few vulnerabilities are considered critical, users of all Microsoft and Windows products are urged to update their software as soon as poss

May 12, 2020 15:05

Microsoft Patch Tuesday — May 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

By Jon Munshaw. Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 111 vulnerabilities. Fifteen of the flaws Microsoft disclosed are considered cr

April 14, 2020 14:08

Microsoft Patch Tuesday — April 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

By Jon Munshaw. Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 115 vulnerabilities. Nineteen of the flaws Microsoft disclosed are considered c

January 14, 2020 14:07

Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Jan. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

By Jon Munshaw.  Updated January 15th: Added an Advanced Custom Detection (ACD) signature for AMP that can be used to detect exploitation of CVE-2020-0601 by spoofing certificates masquerading as a Microsoft ECC Code Signing Certificate Authority. Microsoft released its monthly