October Patch Tuesday

Around the globe, Halloween and related celebrations are right around the corner. In the states, this is the month of trick-or-treat and pumpkin patches. And out in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is focused on patches of a different sort—keeping an eye on vulnerabilities hackers could use to unleash nasty tricks upon the world. For October Patch Tuesday you’d be wise to patch all Microsoft CVEs swiftly, publicly disclosed and otherwise, before more than just the one we’ve noted below get exploited.