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Two security feature bypasses impacting Microsoft SmartScreen are on the February Patch Tuesday docket, among over 70 issues.

Microsoft has released fixes for vulnerabilities detailed in 73 CVEs, including two zero-days being exploited in the wild on Patch Tuesday. The releas...

The fixes were among 73 the software giant released in this February's Patch Tuesday.

Get cracking on Patch Tuesday security fixes. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday, February 14th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Yesterday was Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for February. Patches for 80 vulnerabilities were released, including five critical ones. And of those, two are

Microsoft has patched a total of 73 security flaws across all of its products, and two of them are currently being used by hackers in their attacks.

Microsoft is about to update its UEFI Secure Boot Keys required for certificate management. These keys are from the Windows 8 era and are set to expire soon, just a couple of years from now.

Microsoft has released new Patch Tuesday updates today for February 2024 on Windows 10 versions 21H2, and 22H2 under KB5034763. There are also updates for older Windows 10 versions too.

Kicking off what may end up being a fairly busy Patch Tuesday are two WiFi authentication vulnerabilities being made public that affect Intel's IWD daemon as well as the WPA_Supplicant software -- between the two they are the most common solutions for wireless daemons on Linux systems.

Microsoft has released its Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2 (KB5034765). The update will be delivered to computers automatically through Windows Update. This is what's new.

Cybersecurity experts identified a security flaw in Microsoft Outlook, potentially allowing hackers to access NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 hashed passwords through email attacks.