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Patch Tuesday Fix Solves Windows 11/10 Files Data Reset Issue

“The issue where files remain despite resetting Windows 11 and Windows 10 has been solved during March 2022 Patch Tuesday.”

Security Mailer Volume 22 Number 7

• Mozilla updates Thunderbird (your default search may change with Firefox 98)
• Cisco security advisories
• Open Source covers Linux Kernel, Samba, cryptsetup
• Linux updates and patches
• General Security covers last week, misc. security news

Security Mailer Volume 22 Number 6

• Adobe security updates
• Apple security updates including iOS again
• Mozilla updates
  • Firefox
  • Firefox ESR
  • Thunderbird
• Cisco security advisory
• Open Source updates
  • Ruby
  • StrongSwan
  • cryptsetup
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft
  • Tuesday updates and patches
  • Advisory for Servicing Stack
• General Security review of last week
• Wireshark updates
• EXCEL spreadsheet listing all Microsoft Updates released on Tuesday.
  Both XLS and XLSX versions are provided

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2022 Edition

“Microsoft today released software updates to plug security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. This month’s relatively light patch batch is refreshingly bereft of any zero-day threats, or even scary critical vulnerabilities. But it does fix four dozen flaws, including several that Microsoft says will likely soon be exploited by malware or malcontents.”

Security Mailer Volume 22 Number 5

• Cisco security advisories
• Open Source updates released
  • Log4j
  • openJDK
  • WebKitGTK
  • Samba
  • Linux updates and patches
  • General Security review last week
  • Security news

Security Mailer Volume 22 Number 3

• Cisco security advisories
• Open source Firefox, lxml, gdal
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft
  • Edge security updates
  • Re-release of problematic server security updates
• General Security reviews last week
  • Log4j-related Java flaw in H2
  • Fake QR codes
• Oracle patches nearly 500 vulnerabilities
• Zoom fix, general news items

Security Mailer Volume 22 Number 2

• Adobe security updates including Reader
• Apple iOS and iPadOS update
• Mozilla updates
  • Firefox,
  • Firefox ESR,
  • Thunderbird
• Cisco security advisories
• Open source latest updates
  • Apache Log4j
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • Singularity
• Linux updates and patches;
• Microsoft Tuesday fixes 026 vulnerabilities, 6 0-day, later pulls problem updates for Server 2012 2016 and 2019
• General security reviews last week, general news items including QNAP devices
• EXCEL spreadsheet listing all the updates released by Microsoft on Tuesday. Both XLS and XLSX versions are provided

Security Mailer Volume 22 Number 1

• Cisco security advisories
• Open source Log4j 1.x
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft
  • Emergency fix for Exchange Server
  • Warns of continued sustained Log4j attacks
• General security reviews last week, misc. news entries

Security Mailer Volume 21 Number 52

• Open Source patches
  • OpenJDK
  • log4j12
  • OpenSSH
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft breaks Exchange Server with faulty anti malware update
• General Security reviews last week
• Wireshark updates