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

What happened

That is the Windows label that adds extra checks to files from the internet. Microsoft has fixed more than 1,400 security flaws in one month, the largest Microsoft Patch Tuesday on record. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond, and its products and services include Microsoft Windows.

The updates came out on 13 October, Krebs reported on Krebs on Security. Microsoft 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. 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, the previous record year, Narang said.

At least 78 of this month’s flaws are rated critical. Most of those let an attacker run code of their choice on the target system.

The flaw already under attack Only one of the flaws was already in use by attackers. It lets an attacker get around Mark of the Web.