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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft flips Windows Autopatch to default hotpatch security updates

Microsoft is changing the default behavior in Windows Autopatch so that hotpatch security updates are enabled automatically for eligible devices managed through Microsoft …

Android
Android’s March 2026 security patch fixes over 100 flaws, one under targeted exploitation

The Android March 2026 security patch addresses vulnerabilities across dozens of components and includes one CVE confirmed under active exploitation. Devices running a patch …

Ivanti
Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281)

Ivanti has released provisional patches that fix two critical code injection vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), one of which (CVE-2026-1281) has been exploited …

SolarWinds Web Help Desk
SolarWinds fixes critical Web Help Desk RCE vulnerability (CVE-2025-26399)

SolarWinds has fixed yet another unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-26399) in Web Help Desk (WHD), its popular web-based IT ticketing and asset …

Vanir
Vanir: Open-source security patch validation for Android

Google’s open-source tool Vanir enables Android developers to quickly scan custom platform code for missing or applicable security patches. By automating patch …

Linux
OpenPaX: Open-source kernel patch that mitigates memory safety errors

OpenPaX is an open-source kernel patch that mitigates common memory safety errors, re-hardening systems against application-level memory safety attacks using a simple Linux …

Fortinet
Fortinet releases patches for publicly undisclosed critical FortiManager vulnerability

In the last couple of days, Fortinet has released critical security updates for FortiManager, to fix a critical vulnerability that is reportedly being exploited by Chinese …

Zyxel
Zyxel patches critical flaws in EOL NAS devices

Zyxel has released patches for three critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-29972, CVE-2024-29973, and CVE-2024-29974) affecting two network-attached storage (NAS) devices that …

patch tuesday
May 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A reminder of recent threats and impact

The updates have been released: May 2024 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-30051, CVE-2024-30040) The thunderstorms of April patches have passed, …

patch Tuesday
March 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A popular framework updated

UPDATE: March 12, 3:55 PM ET – March 2024 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Windows Hyper-V We’re almost at our third Patch Tuesday and wrapping up the …

patch tuesday
February 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Zero days are back and a new server too

UPDATE: February 13, 14:55 ET – February 2024 Patch Tuesday is live. January 2024 Patch Tuesday is behind us. A relatively light release from Microsoft with 39 CVEs …

Sophos
EOL Sophos firewalls get hotfix for old but still exploited vulnerability (CVE-2022-3236)

Over a year has passed since Sophos delivered patches for a vulnerability affecting Sophos Firewalls (CVE-2022-3236) that was being actively exploited by attackers, and now …

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