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MS-DEFCON 2 – To patch or not to patch

Posted on July 12, 2021 at 02:41 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

PATCH WATCH

By Susan Bradley

Out of band for Print Nightmare

Microsoft dropped an “out of band” patch for a zero-day vulnerability. Named “Print Nightmare” by the media, the vulnerability presents the most risk for Domain controllers in Active Directory domains. If you are an IT consultant or managed-service provider — and aren’t already dealing with ransomware due to the MSP tool Kaseya having been turned into a ransomware dropper for some clients — action is called for.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.26.0 (2021-07-12).

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