Microsoft Scrambles to Thwart New Zero-Day Attacks

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For the second consecutive month, the world’s largest software maker rushed out patches to cover vulnerabilities that were already exploited as zero-days in the wild, including a pair of belated fixes for Microsoft Exchange Server security defects targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor for several months.

As part of its scheduled Patch Tuesday update process, Microsoft flagged six distinct vulnerabilities in the “exploitation detected” category and urged Windows administrators to treat these updates with utmost urgency.

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