Patch management

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Includes Three Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Microsoft’s February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 75 vulnerabilities, nine of them rated critical, and three (all rated important) that are being exploited. “This is only the second Patch Tuesday of the year, and we have already tripled the number of weaponized threats that need to be fixed in this release,” Syxsense CEO and founder Ashley […]

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February 15, 2023
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What is Virtual Patching and How Does It Work?

Virtual patching uses policies, rules and security tools to block access to a vulnerability until it can be patched. Zero-day threats and legacy systems are two ways that vulnerabilities can be created for which no patch may exist for some time, if ever. In those cases, security teams can block a potential attack path until […]

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February 14, 2023
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What Is API Security?

The API is a fundamental component of innovation in the world of apps we live in today. APIs are an essential component of modern mobile, SaaS, and web apps and can be found in partner-facing, internal, and applications for banks, retail, transportatio…

February 9, 2023
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 11 Critical Vulnerabilities, One Zero-Day

Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of 2023 addresses 98 vulnerabilities, more than twice as many as last month – including one zero-day flaw that’s being actively exploited, as well as 11 critical flaws. The zero-day, CVE-2023-21674, is a Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) elevation of privilege vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. The flaw, […]

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January 11, 2023
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