Security News > 2021 > March > Microsoft Ships Massive Security Patch Bundle
It's raining patches in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem.
Software giant on Tuesday dropped a mega-batch of security updates with patches for a whopping 89 documented vulnerabilities, including one used in zero-day attacks against some in the white-hat hacker community.
This month's Patch Tuesday whopper comes just one week after Microsoft scrambled out emergency fixes to provide cover for in-the-wild nation-state attacks.
Microsoft has blamed those attacks on Chinese cyber-espionage actors operating from leased VPS in the United States.
Microsoft also provided cover for a separate Internet Explorer vulnerability that was used by North Korean government-backed hackers to target security researchers in South Korea.
Microsoft slapped a critical rating on 14 of the 89 documented vulnerabilities, while 75 carry an "Important" severity rating.
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