Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Panic: 70 Vulnerabilities and 5 Zero-Days Gone Wild!
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday is here with a whopping 70 security patches, including five zero-day vulnerabilities. Hackers are already exploiting flaws in the Microsoft Scripting Engine and Windows Common Log File System Driver. Time to update your systems, folks, because these cyber gremlins aren’t waiting for an invitation!
Hot Take:
Microsoft’s bi-monthly exercise of ‘Patch Tuesday’ is back, and it’s as intense as a high-stakes game of Whac-A-Mole. With 70 vulnerabilities needing attention like a toddler in a candy store, and five zero-days already in the wild, it seems like hackers are more interested in Windows than a raccoon is in a shiny garbage can. But fear not, for Microsoft is throwing patches like Oprah throws free cars, hoping to plug every hole before the hackers can say ‘Gotcha!’
Key Points:
- Microsoft released patches for over 70 vulnerabilities, including 5 zero-days.
- Zero-days include memory corruption and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.
- Microsoft did not release indicators of compromise for the zero-days.
- New security mitigations like Hash-based Message Authentication Codes (HMAC) are being tested.
- Critical vulnerabilities affect Remote Desktop Services, Microsoft Office, and VMBUS.