Security News > 2024 > September > September 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Downgrade is the new exploit

I asked for a calm August 2024 Patch Tuesday in last month’s forecast article and that came to pass. The updates released were limited to the regular operating systems and all forms of Office applications. Six zero-day vulnerabilities were announced, with five in the operating systems and one in the Office applications. There were 63 CVEs addressed in the Windows 10 operating systems and associated servers and 55 CVEs addressed in Windows 11. Overall, it … More → The post September 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Downgrade is the new exploit appeared first on Help Net Security.
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