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The updates are in addition to 22 flaws the Windows maker patched in its Chromium-based Edge browser over the past month. "The attack itself is carried out locally by a user with authentication to the targeted system," Microsoft said in advisory for CVE-2023-21715.
The APT37 threat group uses a new evasive 'M2RAT' malware and steganography to target individuals for intelligence collection. The threat actors targeted EU-based organizations with a new version of their mobile backdoor named 'Dolphin,' deployed a custom RAT called 'Konni,' and targeted U.S. journalists with a highly-customizable malware named 'Goldbackdoor.
Microsoft says that some WSUS servers upgraded to Windows Server 2022 might fail to push Windows 11, version 22H2 updates released during this month's Patch Tuesday to endpoints across enterprise environments. This known issue only affects WSUS servers upgraded from Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019.
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It's Microsoft's February 2023 Patch Tuesday, and the new Windows 10 KB5022834 and KB5022840 cumulative updates are now available for versions 22H2, version 21H2, version 21H1, and 1809 to fix problems in the operating system. These updates are mandatory as they contain security updates fixed as part of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday.
Microsoft says Windows 10, version 20H2 for enterprise and education users will reach the end of service in three months, on May 9, 2023. After the EOS date is reached, Windows 10 20H2 devices running Enterprise and Education editions will no longer receive monthly quality or security updates containing bug fixes and patches to protect them from recently discovered security threats.
Microsoft will soon add native support to Windows 11 for controlling the RGB lighting on computer peripherals, like mice and gaming keyboards. The new RBG lighting controls are currently in development as a hidden feature of Windows 11 build 25295 in the Windows Insider developer channel.
Microsoft will soon add native controls to Windows 11 for controlling the RGB lighting on computer peripherals, like mice and gaming keyboards. The new RBG lighting controls are currently in development as a hidden feature of Windows 11 build 25295 in the Windows Insider developer channel.
Microsoft says apps using DirectX are crashing on Windows systems after installing cumulative updates released in November 2022 because of an Intel graphics driver bug. Until an update addressing this issue is released, Microsoft says that affected customers can temporarily work around it by updating their Intel GPU driver to a newer version.