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Stuck with Windows 7? Here’s a security game plan

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Last week, Microsoft’s Windows 7, once the go-to operating system of nearly 60 percent of all computers , reached the company’s designated end of the road for security patches. Like Windows XP before in 2014 , if you have a Windows 7 computer, it’s long past time for you to shell out some cash for a new one.

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Microsoft’s October 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 87 CVEs including “Bad Neighbor” Windows TCP/IP Vulnerability (CVE-2020-16898)

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Microsoft patched 87 CVEs in the October 2020 Patch Tuesday release, including 11 CVEs rated critical. CVE-2020-16898 | Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVE-2020-16898 , dubbed “Bad Neighbor,” is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability within the Windows TCP/IP stack.

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Microsoft’s April 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 113 CVEs Including Adobe Type Manager Library Zero-Day Flaws (CVE-2020-0938, CVE-2020-1020)

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Microsoft's April 2020 Patch Tuesday includes 113 CVEs, including a patch for two zero-day flaws (CVE-2020-0938 and CVE-2020-1020) in Adobe Type Manager Library disclosed on March 23. CVE-2020-1020 and CVE-2020-0938 | Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities.

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Microsoft’s November 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 112 CVEs including CVE-2020-17087

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Microsoft addressed over 112 CVEs in its November release, including a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel that was exploited in the wild as part of a targeted attack. Microsoft patched 112 CVEs in the November 2020 Patch Tuesday release, including 17 CVEs rated as critical.

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Microsoft’s July 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 123 CVEs Including Wormable Windows DNS Server RCE (CVE-2020-1350) (SIGRed)

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Microsoft addresses 123 CVEs, including CVE-2020-1350, a wormable remote code execution vulnerability in Windows DNS Server dubbed “SIGRed.”. For the fifth month in a row, Microsoft has patched over 100 CVEs, addressing 123 CVEs in the July 2020 Patch Tuesday release. The vulnerability has a 10.0

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From Bugs to Breaches: 25 Significant CVEs As MITRE CVE Turns 25

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CVE-2010-2568: Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploited Zero-Day Local Stuxnet High 2010 Why it’s significant: Regarded as one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage tools ever created, Stuxnet was designed to target SCADA systems in industrial environments to reportedly sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

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CVE-2020-10713: “BootHole” GRUB2 Bootloader Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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Dubbed “BootHole,” the flaw affects the GRUB2 bootloader in Windows and Linux devices using Secure Boot. CVE-2020-10713 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in GRUB2, a piece of software that loads an Operating System (OS) into memory when a system boots up. Alex Bazhaniuk (@ABazhaniuk) July 29, 2020.