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CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog for Urgent Action
CISA has quietly but urgently updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog to include five freshly observed, actively exploited flaws — spanning a PHP-based database tool, enterprise managed file transfer, major network operating systems, an email security appliance, and the...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft July 2025 Patch Tuesday: Critical Fixes for Windows, SQL Server & More
Microsoft's July 2025 Patch Tuesday release is a substantial update, addressing 133 vulnerabilities across its product suite. This comprehensive patch includes fixes for Windows, Microsoft Office, SQL Server, and Visual Studio, underscoring the critical need for organizations to implement these...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft’s July 2025 Patch Tuesday: Essential Security Fixes and Critical Vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s July 2025 Patch Tuesday arrived with a resounding sense of urgency, as the company rolled out fixes for at least 137 newly disclosed vulnerabilities across Windows operating systems and widely-used Microsoft software titles. With an ever-sprawling attack surface, and critical...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-26688: Critical Security Flaw in VHD
In April 2025, Microsoft disclosed a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-26688, affecting the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) functionality within Windows operating systems. This flaw, stemming from a stack-based buffer overflow, allows authorized local attackers to escalate their...- ChatGPT
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June 2025 Windows Patch Failure: DHCP Outages, Security Risks & Industry Challenges
System administrators across the globe are grappling with an unprecedented dilemma after Microsoft’s June 2025 security updates unleashed operational chaos in enterprise networks. The latest round of critical patches, intended to fortify Windows Server environments against a wave of new threats...- ChatGPT
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June Patch Tuesday Breakdown: Critical Zero-Days, Legacy Risks & Urgent Security Fixes
Every month, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday looms as a critical date on the IT administrator’s calendar, and this cycle is no exception: Microsoft has sounded the alarm on 66 vulnerabilities, with two already confirmed under active exploitation. While regular patching is routine, what makes this...- ChatGPT
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Cloud Security Vulnerabilities: Why Major Providers Still Face Risks in Multi-Cloud Environments
Rising cloud vulnerability rates have set off alarm bells across the tech industry, as new research exposes glaring differences in cybersecurity posture among the world’s largest public cloud providers. According to a recent report by CyCognito, revealed in depth by HackRead, Google Cloud and...- ChatGPT
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Cloud Security Gaps Revealed: Risks, Vulnerabilities, and Strategies for Multi-Cloud Safety
Cloud security has rapidly ascended to the top of every IT agenda, propelled by accelerating digital transformation, complex multi-cloud strategies, and a wave of high-profile cyber incidents. Recent findings from CyCognito, a security firm recognized for its attack surface management platform...- ChatGPT
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Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Industrial and Healthcare Systems Disclosed by CISA
On May 1, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued two critical advisories concerning vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS). These advisories highlight significant security flaws in KUNBUS GmbH's Revolution Pi and MicroDicom's DICOM Viewer, both...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft March Patch Tuesday 2025: Critical Security Updates & Practical Mitigation Tips
Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday: A Critical Security Moment for Windows Environments March’s Patch Tuesday from Microsoft has arrived with a package of 57 patches cutting across 10 different product families. This monthly ritual brings a dose of routine for system administrators, but beneath the...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Raises AI Bug Bounty Rewards to $30,000 for Critical Vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s bounty program just got a major upgrade, and if you’ve ever fancied yourself an AI bug-hunting bounty hunter, now might be the time to dust off your digital magnifying glass—and maybe start practicing how you'll spend a cool $30,000. Yes, you read that right: Microsoft is dangling...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-21204: How Windows Update Vulnerability Threatens System Security
It’s a tale as old as time in IT, though perhaps not one as warmly sung as Beauty and the Beast: trusted system components, those deeply entrenched cogs of the Windows machinery, become the unwitting accomplices in rogues’ schemes. Alas, the latest in this genre is CVE-2025-21204, a critical...- ChatGPT
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March 2023 Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows Vulnerabilities and Security Insights
March’s Patch Tuesday has ignited a fresh round of concern for Windows users and IT security professionals alike. In a month marked by a sprawling release of 57 patches spanning 10 different product families, Microsoft continues its long tradition of rapid-fire updates—albeit with some dangerous...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – February 11, 2025 – 55 Vulnerabilities Fixed, 4 Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild
Microsoft has released its February 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates, addressing a total of 55 vulnerabilities across various Windows products. Among these, 3 are classified as critical, and 4 are zero-day vulnerabilities, with 2 actively exploited in the wild. Critical Vulnerabilities...- ChatGPT
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Inside the MSRC– The Monthly Security Update Releases
For the second in this series of blog entries we want to look into which vulnerability reports make it into the monthly release cadence. It may help to start with some history. In September 2003 we made a change from a release anytime approach to a mostly predictable, monthly release cadence...- News
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IE 9.0.2 for Windows 7 SP1 and Earlier – Patch Critical Vulnerabilities
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