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Microsoft fixes a record 1,400+ flaws, and one is already under attack

The Next Web By Ana Maria Constantin
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“We’ve now crossed the 4,000 CVE mark with two months left to go,” Satnam Narang of Tenable told Brian Krebs. Microsoft has fixed more than 1,400 security flaws in one month, the largest Microsoft Patch Tuesday on record. The updates came out on 13 October, Krebs reported on Krebs on Security.

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