Patch Tuesday Goes to 11 -- Redmondmag.com

It's a fairly big haul this week.

Posted by Lee Pender on 10/14/2008 at 1:22 PM

U.S. Sanctions Imposed on Positive Technologies and Others for Russian Spying

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday announced sanctions on Russia for its cyberactivities, along with six organizations for enabling it, including the well-known security solutions firm Positive Technologies.
U.S. Security Agencies Warn Russia Actively Exploiting 5 Software Security Flaws

U.S. government security agencies on Thursday issued a joint advisory (PDF) regarding five software security vulnerabilities that are currently getting exploited by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Microsoft Software and Services Switching to SHA-2 Security Next Month

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FBI Reached into Exchange Servers To Delete Hafnium Webshells

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