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  • February 15, 2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2023 Edition

Microsoft is sending the world a whole bunch of love today, in the form of patches to plug dozens of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. This year’s special Valentine’s Day Patch Tuesday includes fixes for a whopping three different “zero-day” vulnerabilities that are already being used in active attacks. Microsoft’s […]

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 36 RCE bugs, 3 zero-days, 75 CVEs

Lots of lovely patches for your Valentine’s Day delight. Get ’em as soon as you can…

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9 New Microsoft Bugs to Patch Now

78 new CVEs patched in this month’s batch — nearly half of which are remotely executable and three of which attackers already are exploiting.

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Attacks on industrial infrastructure on the rise, defenses struggle to keep up

The last year saw a rise in the sophistication and number of attacks targeting industrial infrastructure, including the discovery of a modular malware toolkit that’s capable of targeting tens of thousands of industrial control systems (ICS) across different industry verticals. At the same time, incident response engagements by industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos showed that 80% […]

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OT Network Security Myths Busted in a Pair of Hacks

How newly exposed security weaknesses in industrial wireless, cloud-based interfaces, and nested PLCs serve as a wake-up call for hardening the physical process control layer of the OT network.

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Organizational Root User for Initial Setup on AWS

ACM.157 Creating an initial user to manage our AWS Organizations and new AWS accounts Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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Expel Tackles Cloud Threats With MDR for Kubernetes

The new managed detection and response platform simplifies cloud security for Kubernetes applications.

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Update Now: Microsoft Releases Patches for 3 Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerabilities

Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates to address 75 flaws spanning its product portfolio, three of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. The updates are in addition to 22 flaws the Windows maker patched in its Chromium-based Edge browser over the past month. Of the 75 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 66 are rated Important […]

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Oakland City Services Struggle to Recover From Ransomware Attack

Fire emergency, 911 services functioning, along with Oakland financial systems, city says.

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