Microsoft's Valentine's Gift to Admins: 6 Zero-Day Fixes
- On Tuesday, Microsoft issued February Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10, fixing multiple bugs and addressing six zero-day vulnerabilities, according to Action1.
- Microsoft continues the Secure Boot certificate-refresh that began in January, updating certificates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 to block bootkit malware.
- Security vendor Action1 reported that six of this month's fixes were zero-day bugs, including exploits affecting System privileges and network connectivity, with Windows 11 and Windows 10 updates addressing multiple issues.
- After January's glitchy update that required two emergency patches, some experts urge installing via System > Windows Update on Windows 11 and System > Update & Security on Windows 10, while others advise waiting a few days; users can uninstall if problems occur.
- Many Secure Boot certificates are due to expire in June, and Windows 10 PCs must be enrolled in Extended Security Updates to stay protected, with only 11 fixes this month versus last month.
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Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six “zero-day” vulnerabilities that attackers are already exploiting in the wild. Zero-day #1 this month is CVE-2026-21510, a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows Shell wherein a single click on a malicious link can quietly bypass Windows protections and run attacker-controlled cont…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday matches last year’s zero-day high with six actively exploited vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s latest security update is littered with zero-day vulnerabilities, actively exploited defects that account for more than 10% of the total CVEs the vendor addressed in this month’s Patch Tuesday update. The vendor addressed 59 vulnerabilities affecting its various products for business operations and underlying systems, including six defects that were actively exploited prior to Microsoft’s release of its monthly batch of patches. Micr…
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