Microsoft fixes a record 1,400+ flaws, and one is already under attack
October’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday alone tops the 1,261 fixes of 2020, the previous record year. One flaw is already under attack, and Microsoft credits AI models for the surge.
Via TNW | Microsoft

“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. They beat September’s record of nearly 1,000, which was already about ten times Microsoft’s normal monthly load.
October alone beats the 1,261 flaws Microsoft fixed in all of 2020…
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