Patch Tuesday gets off to a busy start for January
For the first Patch Tuesday of 2022, Microsoft offered up fixes for 97 security issues, with six of them rated as critical.
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For the first Patch Tuesday of 2022, Microsoft offered up fixes for 97 security issues, with six of them rated as critical.
With 67 flaws addressed, six publicly-reported issues and one vulnerability already exploited, this month's updates pale in comparison to the challenges addressing the Log4j issue.
Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for Build 19043.1319 (21H1) and Build 19044.1263 (21H2) for the Release Preview Channel, released on Oct. 19, 2021.
READ MORE "We believe attackers will be able to create DoS exploits much more quickly and expect all three issues might be exploited with a DoS attack shortly after release. Thus, we recommend customers move quickly to apply Windows security updates this month," said the Redmond firm. "At this time, we have no evidence that these vulnerabilities were known to any third party. It is important that affected systems are patched as quickly as possible because of the elevated risk associated with these vulnerabilities." These vulnerabilities were discovered by Microsoft as part of its continual fo...