Seriously?! More Vulnerabilities?

Right, listen up. Apparently, some clowns over at Microsoft are STILL letting shit slip through in their updates. This month’s patch Tuesday is a goddamn mess of 76 vulnerabilities. SEVENTY-SIX! Like they don’t have enough people getting paid to test this crap before it goes live?

The really fun ones, because *of course* there are “really fun” ones, involve remote code execution in things like the Windows Graphics Component (because why not?) and SMB. SMB! Seriously?! We’re STILL dealing with SMB issues? It’s 2024, people, get your act together.

There’s also a bunch of Elevation of Privilege stuff which means some script kiddie can probably turn themselves into an admin if you don’t patch. And, naturally, there are vulnerabilities in Azure too because everything has to be cloud-based and insecure now.

The ISC diary points out the usual suspects – apply these patches *immediately* unless you enjoy being owned by ransomware or some other delightful piece of malware. Don’t wait. Don’t think. Just patch. I swear, if I have to clean up after another preventable breach because someone was “too busy” to update their systems…

Oh, and they mention a critical vulnerability in VMware ESXi that allows for remote code execution. Fantastic. Just what we needed.

Basically, it’s the same song and dance every month: Microsoft screws up, ISC tells you about it, *you* have to fix it. Don’t expect me to feel sorry for you if you get pwned.

Source: SANS ISC Diary

Related Anecdote (Because I Feel Like Venting)

I once had to spend 72 hours straight rebuilding a server farm because someone decided it was a “good idea” to disable automatic updates on all their production machines. Seventy-two *hours*. They claimed they were “optimizing performance.” Optimizing performance by leaving gaping security holes open? Yeah, real smart. I still have nightmares about SMBv1. Don’t be that person.

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