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Patch Tuesday, November 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

Adobe and Microsoft each issued a bevy of updates today to plug critical security holes in their software. Microsoft also is taking flak for changing its security advisories and limiting the amount of information disclosed about each bug. Microsoft explained its reasoning behind this shift in a blog post.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today issued software updates to plug at least 111 security holes in Windows and Windows-based programs. May marks the third month in a row that Microsoft has pushed out fixes for more than 110 security flaws in its operating system and related software.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to fix 113 security vulnerabilities in its various Windows operating systems and related software. “This is great news for Microsoft and the security community at large.” ” Once again, Adobe has blessed us with a respite from updating its Flash Player program with security fixes. .”

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

today released updates to plug more than 100 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and associated software. All told , this patch batch addresses at least 115 security flaws. Also, there were no security patches released by Adobe today. Microsoft Corp.

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‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to plug a whopping 123 security holes in Windows and related software, including fixes for a critical, “wormable” flaw in Windows Server versions that Microsoft says is likely to be exploited soon. Not to say flaws rated “important” as opposed to critical aren’t also a concern.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 100 security holes in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that is actively being exploited. That vulnerability, assigned as CVE-2020-0674 , has been patched with this month’s release.

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SEC issued a record award of $279 million to a whistleblower

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the largest-ever award, approximately $279 million, to a whistleblower. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) paid a record sum of approximately $279 million to a whistleblower. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C.,