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Do you have a plan for your cybersecurity career? Time to skill up!Gerald Auger is a Managing Partner at Coastal Information Security Group, and Chief Content Creator at Simply Cyber. In this interview with Help Net Security, he talks about the cybersecurity skills shortage, the value of certification, as well as "Cybersecurity Career Master Plan", a book he co-authored.

We'll need to watch closely to see which updates are released for the Finder vulnerability and if CVE-2021-30869 surfaces in any other versions of the operating system. Early indications show users having a smooth update from Windows 10.

Today is Microsoft's September 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 60 flaws. Microsoft has fixed 60 vulnerabilities with today's update, with three classified as Critical, one as Moderate, and 56 as Important.

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Apple also has the beta available for the next version of macOS. But let's start by focusing on a new Office vulnerability before next week's Patch Tuesday. September 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast I expect a limited number of CVEs addressed this month across all the operating systems as Microsoft comes back from final summer vacation.

The fix means that only administrators will be able to install print drivers on Windows PCs. Microsoft has finally patched the last in a series of security vulnerabilities in its Windows Print Spooler service that could have allowed attackers to remotely control an affected system and install malicious programs or create new accounts. On Tuesday, the company pushed out its August Patch Tuesday lineup, which included a fix for the Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability to address this specific issue.

Siemens and Schneider Electric on Tuesday released 18 security advisories addressing a total of more than 50 vulnerabilities affecting their products. Siemens has released 10 new advisories for the August 2021 Patch Tuesday and they cover a total of 32 vulnerabilities.

Microsoft today released software updates to plug at least 44 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related products. Microsoft said attackers have seized upon CVE-2021-36948, which is a weakness in the Windows Update Medic service.

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the fact that it's August and Patch Tuesday brings word of only 44 vulnerabilities in Microsoft's software. There's a bit of selective counting here however, given that Microsoft has been patching Edge's Chromium bugs separately.

The zero-day attacks against Microsoft's software products continue to pile up with a new warning from Redmond about a zero-day attack hitting a security defect in the Windows Update Medic Service. The Windows Update Medic Service is used to repair Windows Update components from damage so that Windows machines can continue to receive software updates.