According to a report by “SETN” on the 13th, in the security updates released by Microsoft in April, as many as 97 vulnerabilities were fixed at one point. Hackers have taken advantage of one of the most serious vulnerabilities to attack other companies.
In the patch file released by Microsoft this time, 7 of the 97 vulnerabilities were evaluated as “relatively serious”, and the other 90 were classified as “important” at the next level This includes 45 groups of vulnerabilities and could cause a computer. 20 sites that are subject to remote control that will affect user rights, and 10 sites that may leak data. There are also risks of DoS attacks, circumvention of security protections, and fraud.
The most serious vulnerability this time is codename CVE-2023-28252, which belongs to the “zero-day vulnerability”. A so-called zero-day vulnerability (also known as a zero-day vulnerability) refers to a defect, weakness, or error in software, firmware, or hardware design that has been publicly disclosed, but which is not officially patched by the manufacturer. This zero-day vulnerability would allow hackers to gain system privileges and then take control of the entire computer.
The well-known antivirus software company Kaspersky also mentioned in its report that some hacker groups have taken advantage of this vulnerability to attack companies in Asia, the Middle East and North America, and the CISA organization has also issued a warning against this vulnerability.
Users who want to install this update can go to “Start Menu” – “Settings” – “Windows Update” to check the update content to prevent the computer from being attacked by hackers.
