January 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: New focus on security and software development
Summary
This is very different from a typical attack, in which a hacker might attempt to trick a user into installing malware through an email phishing campaign. • Microsoft generally has a light set of releases in January, meaning they have a smaller subset of updates with fewer vulnerabilities addressed. • The January Patch Tuesday release completes the first year of extended security updates (ESU) for Windows 7 and Server 2008. • Google Chrome was updated to 87.0.4280.141 for Windows, Mac and Linux this week which included 16 security fixes with 15 of them rated High. We saw record numbers of vulnerabilities addressed in 2020 and based on the latest round of cyberattacks in the news, we will probably see that trend continue with everyone focused on the need for more security.