Patch Tuesday: Microsoft issues fixes for 39 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day already being exploited by hacking groups

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Update Windows asap, admins advise
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Update Windows asap, admins advise

Hacking groups FruityArmor and SandCat have already made use of the privilege escalation bug

Microsoft has issued patches for 39 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day bug that has already been exploited by hacking groups. This vulnerability in kernel image ntoskrnl.exe was reported to Microsoft...

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