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Microsoft Patches 1,259 Flaws, Including Exploited Outlook Bug That May Expose NTLMv2 Hashes

Microsoft Patches 1,259 Flaws, Including Exploited Outlook Bug That May Expose NTLMv2 Hashes
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Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a total of 1,259 vulnerabilities spanning its software portfolio, the second consecutive month where the patch volume has exceeded 1,000 flaws. These cover 726 flaws in Windows…

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