March 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes Microsoft’s March 2023 Patch Tuesday, and security updates fix two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 83 flaws. Nine vulnerabilities have been classified as ‘Critical’ for allowing remote code execution, denial of service, or elevation of privileges attacks. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: … Read more
BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot. A stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot defenses, making it a potent threat in the cyber landscape. “This bootkit can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI … Read more
Patch Tuesday May 2022 Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out fixes for as many as 74 security vulnerabilities, including one for a zero-day bug that’s being actively exploited in the wild. Of the 74 issues, seven are rated Critical, 66 are rated Important, and one is rated low in severity. Two of the flaws are listed … Read more