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• MS-DEFCON 4: The gift of patching

  Posted on December 24, 2024 at 02:45 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.52.1 • 2024-12-24

  

  By Susan Bradley • Comment about this alert

  ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house and office, not a creature was stirring — except yours truly, because I was checking my systems to see whether they were all fully up to date.

  Seriously, I always find that the time around the holidays is a good moment to do your patching. After the holiday dinner has been served and everyone is in their holiday ham or turkey coma, I can sneak away to review my technology. The end of the year is just a week away, and as I always say, you should start the new year with everything polished and shiny. Therefore, I’m lowering the MS-DEFCON level to 4.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (21.52.1, 2024-12-24).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, Crowdstrike, CVE-2024-49112, CVE-2024-49138, iOS 18, iOS 18.2, KB4484305, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 4, Outlook (new), Patch Lady Posts

• Closing the books on a buggy year

  Posted on December 16, 2024 at 02:41 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  We’re closing the patching year with an AI-related bug that — fortunately — is not related to Copilot, Recall, or any other AI-related product released by Microsoft in the last few months.

  In fact, you may not have heard of it at all. Called Microsoft Muzic, it’s a research project in understanding music via deep learning and artificial intelligence. It also introduced a vulnerability into your computer if you installed it.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.51.0, 2024-12-16).

  Patch Watch CVE-2024-49063, CVE-2024-49112, CVE-2024-49117, CVE-2024-49138, Exchange, Google Workspace, Hyper-V, KB5002652, Newsletters, Outlook, Patch Lady Posts, TPM, Windows 11 24H2