Microsoft issues patches for 55 bugs + actively exploited 0-day attack

Release date: 9 February 2021.

Latest newsletter from The Hacker News reports that Microsoft have issued fixes for 56 flaws, including a critical vulnerability that's known to be actively exploited in the wild.

A zero-day attack occurs when a vulnerability is discovered to have been exploited without the knowledge of developers.

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