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Industrial-strength April Patch Tuesday covers 135 CVEs
Microsoft on Tuesday released 135 patches affecting 19 product families. Ten of the addressed issues, all remote code execution issues, are considered by Microsoft to be of Critical severity, and 18 have a CVSS base score of 8.0 or higher. One, an Important-severity elevation of privilege issue touching the Windows Common Log File system driver,…
New Avowed Update Will Make Your Character More Powerful
A new update is now live for Avowed, Obsidian’s recently released and very good open-world RPG. The patch is live on Xbox and PC and it fixes a lot of tiny bugs and other issues. But the biggest news is that all players will now be a bit more powerful thanks to some extra upgrade…
Little fires everywhere for March Patch Tuesday
Microsoft on Tuesday released 57 patches affecting 10 product families. Six of the addressed issues are considered by Microsoft to be of Critical severity, and nine have a CVSS base score of 8.0 or higher. Six, all affecting Windows, are under active exploit in the wild. One issue has been publicly disclosed but not yet…
Marvel Rivals’ Latest Patch Is Coming For Support Players’ Throats
As promised, Marvel Rivals’ mid-season update is going after the triple-Strategist meta. The latest set of balance changes have plenty of buffs and nerfs for all three of its roles, but the bulk of the support hero changes are dialing back power instead of increasing it. Meanwhile, my damage-dealing mains Mister Fantastic and Star-Lord are…
February Patch Tuesday delivers 57 packages
Microsoft on Tuesday released 57 patches touching 13 product families. Two of the addressed issues are considered by Microsoft to be of Critical severity, and 13 have a CVSS base score of 8.0 or higher. Two, both affecting Windows, are under active exploit in the wild. At patch time, two of the addressed Windows issues…
Patch or perish: How organizations can master vulnerability management
Business Security Don’t wait for a costly breach to provide a painful reminder of the importance of timely software patching 05 Feb 2025 • , 5 min. read Vulnerability exploitation has long been a popular tactic for threat actors. But it’s becoming increasingly so – a fact that should alarm every network defender. Observed cases…
159-CVE January Patch Tuesday smashes single-month record
Microsoft on Tuesday released 159 patches touching 13 product families. Nine of the addressed issues are considered by Microsoft to be of Critical severity, and 43 have a CVSS base score of 8.0 or higher. Three are under active exploit in the wild. One can best be mitigated by “configur[ing] Microsoft Outlook to read all…
Marvel Rivals’ First Balance Patch Gives Hela A Slap On The Wrist
Part of the beauty of Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s hero shooter starring characters from the comic book company’s biggest properties, has been that it doesn’t feel like a super-polished, esports-aspiring competitive game, instead opting for dumb fun and overpowered kits. It’s refreshing after seeing Overwatch 2 sand off all its edges in pursuit of being the…