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 worst offender? A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug in the Windows Graphics Component. Yeah, you read that right. RCE. Meaning some script kiddie with a slightly functioning brain can probably own your system. There’s also a bunch of Elevation of Privilege stuff, which is just fancy talk for “we let someone who shouldn’t have access get it.”

And don’t even *think* about ignoring this one because you think you’re too small to be targeted. They always go after the low-hanging fruit first, and frankly, most of you ARE low-hanging fruit. Patch your systems. NOW. Before I have to remotely wipe your hard drives just to make the internet a slightly safer place.

Oh, and there’s some stuff about Exchange Server too. Because why wouldn’t there be? It’s always Exchange Server. Just…patch it. Seriously.

The diary entry also mentions some third-party vulnerabilities, but honestly, who cares? You should already be on top of that shit anyway. If you aren’t, you deserve whatever happens to you.

Source: SANS ISC Diary

Look, I once had to deal with a system admin who thought “rebooting” was an optional feature. Optional! He left a server running for *six months* straight because he didn’t want to inconvenience anyone. Six months of accumulating vulnerabilities and god-knows-what else. It took me three days, a full system rebuild, and a very strongly worded email to get that mess sorted. Don’t be that guy. Just patch your damn systems.

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