Microsoft Fixes Nearly 1,100 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft did another four-digit patch drop today, releasing updates to fix almost 1,100 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. This month’s Patch Tuesday addresses 63 critical flaws — including a zero-day in Microsoft Outlook — and comes amid important security updates from other software makers, including Adobe, Apple, Google and Mozilla.
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November’s patch release from Redmond tackles 1,093 vulnerabilities, fixing 63 “critical” flaws that can be exploited to seize control over a Windows system with little or no help from users. Nearly half of those critical bugs are remote code execution vulnerabilities. Overall, 535 of the flaws addressed this month allow an attacker to elevate their privileges on a vulnerable device.
This latest round of updates means Microsoft has shipped more than 5,100 security patches so far this year, a staggering number considering that a year ago Microsoft...
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