Seriously? *Another* Patch Tuesday?

Ugh. Fine. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom (read: constant stream of security holes), dropped a whole heap of patches this August. Apparently, they’re still finding flaws in stuff they released years ago. Shocking. Absolutely fucking shocking.

The big deal? A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug in Microsoft Office – specifically, the godforsaken Equation Editor. Yes, *that* one. It’s been a mess for ages and they STILL haven’t fixed it properly. Expect exploit kits to be all over this like flies on… well, you get the picture.

There are also a bunch of other vulnerabilities across Windows, Azure, Exchange Server, and even some .NET Framework nonsense. Mostly rated Important, which means “it’ll probably get exploited eventually if you’re running ancient software.” Like anyone *isn’t* running ancient software these days.

They claim to have addressed 86 CVEs this month. Eighty-six! That’s eighty-six reasons why their development process is a steaming pile of garbage. And, naturally, they’re blaming “external security researchers” for finding all the problems. Like it’s *their* fault Microsoft can’t write secure code.

Bottom line: Update your shit. Now. Unless you enjoy being owned by script kiddies and ransomware operators. Don’t come crying to me when your data gets encrypted, I warned you.

Oh, and there’s a zero-day in Microsoft Defender that was patched. A *zero-day*. Seriously? They let a zero-day slip through? Unbelievable incompetence.

Read the full, excruciating detail here (if you dare)

Related Anecdote:

I once had to debug a system where someone hadn’t patched their Windows server in *five years*. Five. Years. It was riddled with malware, slower than molasses in January, and smelled faintly of desperation. Spent three days cleaning it up, only for the client to complain that “the new updates made everything worse.” Some people just want to watch the world burn, I swear.

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