Microsoft has released new PowerShell 5.1 cmdlets to let IT pros assess the performance of Microsoft Defender Antivirus.
The August edition of Microsoft's monthly security patch rollout is here, addressing 44 CVEs, seven of them characterized as "Critical" by security researchers.
An elevation-of-privilege vulnerability (CVE-2021-36934) is present in Windows 10 client operating systems, per a Tuesday Microsoft security advisory .
Microsoft's latest monthly patch tally is back in the three digits.
Security researchers counted 49 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft's June security patch release, with five being "Critical" and the rest "Important."
The Nobelium espionage group targeted about 3,000 e-mail accounts, commencing May 25, a Thursday Microsoft announcement indicated.
Four CVEs this month were described as "Critical" in severity, 50 were deemed "Important" and one was "Moderate."
Ivanti recently issued a warning about a new security vulnerability in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances that enables "an unauthenticated user to perform remote arbitrary file execution on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway."
The April rollout comprised security updates for 114 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), including "Critical" Exchange Server patches that Microsoft implored organizations to apply "as soon as possible."