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Howard Solomon

Reporter · US

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Sep 9, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Howard Solomon

    September 2026 Patch Tuesday roundup: Plugs for two zero day holes among almost 1,000 fixes in Windows (opens the original)

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    Possibly wormable bugs and two zero-day holes highlight the almost 1,000 fixes issued today by Microsoft in its September Patch Tuesday release. The 964 vulnerabilities, another record since Microsoft began using AI in the middle of the year to find holes, require customer action. Excluded are 174 third-party/open-source CVEs and 23 Chromium/Edge CVEs, as well as nine Microsoft mitigated vulnerabilities in applications like Azure, Entra, and Copilot Studio where no customer action is required. S

  2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Howard Solomon

    Patch Tuesday August 2026: A zero-day WinSock driver hole under exploit, and a maximum severity SAP vulnerability (opens the original)

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    A currently exploited zero-day elevation of privilege vulnerability that needs to be patched in a Windows driver for WinSock is the highlight of the 398 fixes issued today in Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday releases. The hole is in Windows’ Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (CVE-2026-68820), which, according to Todd Schell, principal product manager at Ivanti, has been a recurring target for local privilege-escalation bugs throughout 2026. Past vulnerabilities in this component have let an

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Howard Solomon

    Patch Tuesday roundup: Microsoft fixes a monthly record 569 holes; SAP patches a critical memory corruption bug (opens the original)

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    Earlier this month Microsoft warned that, because the latest AI models can now help discover vulnerabilities, CSOs will see a higher volume of security updates every month. It wasn’t kidding. Today the company issued a record number of patches, with 59 rated as critical. And Microsoft is now recommending that customers accelerate their patching schedules to more quickly deal with critical flaws. “Normally we have to wait for October or November to determine if we’ll break the previous [annual] p

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