Security News > 2024 > May > May 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A reminder of recent threats and impact
The thunderstorms of April patches have passed, and it has been pretty calm leading up to May 2024 Patch Tuesday.
April 2024 Patch Tuesday turned out to be a busy one with 150 new CVEs addressed by Microsoft.
Before getting into the forecast for what appears to be a smaller set of releases for May 2024 Patch Tuesday, let's take a look at the threats we faced in the last year.
The patch forums have been full of discussions on the Windows Recovery Environment issue, which a Bitlocker vulnerability fix introduced in the January 2024 Patch Tuesday update.
May 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast The May set of updates should be significantly smaller following the massive April release.
We may have a lighter Patch Tuesday for May 2024, so take some time and read through the Data Breach Investigations Report.
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