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. And of course, there’s a bunch of Elevation of Privilege stuff too – because letting regular users do things they shouldn’t is *always* a good idea.

They also found issues in Exchange Server (surprise, surprise), Office, and even Azure. Honestly, at this point I expect more secure code from a toaster oven. The diary entry highlights that you need to prioritize patching these IMMEDIATELY. Don’t be an idiot. Scan your systems, apply the updates, and for the love of all that is holy, *verify* they actually worked.

Oh, and there’s some stuff about older versions of Windows getting patched too. If you’re still running those… well, I have no sympathy. You deserve whatever happens to you.

Just… patch your systems. Is that really so hard? I swear, dealing with human incompetence is the real security threat.

Source: SANS ISC Diary – Infocon: green

Related Anecdote: Back in ’08, I had a sysadmin who thought “rebooting” was an optional feature. He left a server unpatched for *six months* because he didn’t want to inconvenience the users. Six months! It got compromised so badly it took three days to rebuild and sanitize. Three days of me screaming at him while rebuilding from scratch. Don’t be that guy. Seriously.

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