Microsoft fixes multiple actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities as part of Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday security updates are always important, but the ones released this week are particularly important. Not only do the fixes address numerous zero-day vulnerabilities, but the security flaws they fix were being actively exploited. In all, Microsoft has plugged 113 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities this month. 17 of these are marked as being critical, and 96 as important. See also: Microsoft Edge is now the second most popular web browser American schools are banning Zoom and switching to Microsoft Teams Microsoft releases out-of-band update to fix VPN bug Two of the security flaws that were under active exploitation are… [Continue Reading]