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Today is Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for an actively exploited Windows vulnerability and a total of 63 flaws. Five of the 63 vulnerabilities fixed in today's update are classified as 'Critical' as they allow remote code execution, one of the most severe types of vulnerabilities.
Apple has released another round of security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a new zero-day flaw that has been used in attacks in the wild.It's worth noting that CVE-2022-32917 is also the second Kernel related zero-day flaw that Apple has remediated in less than a month.
Apple strengthens security and privacy in iOS 16Apple announced additional security and privacy updates for its newest mobile operating system. Government guide for supply chain security: The good, the bad and the uglyJust as developers and security teams were getting ready to take a breather and fire up the BBQ for the holiday weekend, the U.S.'s most prestigious security agencies dropped a 60+ page recommended practice guide, Securing the Software Supply Chain for Developers.
ConnectWise has fixed a vulnerability in ConnectWise Automate, a popular remote monitoring and management tool, which could allow attackers to compromise confidential data or other processing resources.The severity of the vulnerability is merely "Important", as its exploitation requires additional access and/or privilege, but ConnectWise recommends administrators of on-premise instances to patch as soon as possible.
August 2022 Patch Tuesday provided critical updates for all Microsoft operating systems as well as an unexpected update for Internet Explorer 11. All these products are in common use, so ensure you include these updates in your patch Tuesday process if you haven't deployed them already.
Cisco patched three security vulnerabilities in its products this week, and said it will leave unpatched a VPN-hijacking flaw that affects four small business routers. Cisco said its Product Security Incident Response Team has not seen any public disclosures about the vulnerability nor evidence that any cybercriminal has exploited the flaw.
CISA has added 12 more security flaws to its list of bugs exploited in attacks, including two critical D-Link vulnerabilities and two zero-days in Google Chrome and the Photo Station QNAP software. The Google Chrome zero-day was patched on September 2nd via an emergency security update after the company was made aware of in-the-wild exploitation.
Networking equipment maker Zyxel has released patches for a critical security flaw impacting its network-attached storage devices. Tracked as CVE-2022-34747, the issue relates to a "Format string vulnerability" affecting NAS326, NAS540, and NAS542 models.
Google on Friday shipped emergency fixes to address a security vulnerability in the Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. The issue, assigned the identifier...
A critical vulnerability in Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center could be exploited by unauthorized attackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable instances. Bitbucket Server and Data Center are used by software developers around the world for source code revision control, management and hosting.