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Mar 14, 2023
5 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 28: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Mar 3, 2023 to Mar 10, 2023
Feb 25, 2023
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 27: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Jan 31, 2023 - Feb 28, 2023
Jan 21, 2023
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 26: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Jan 2, 2023 to Jan 20, 2023.
Dec 24, 2022
5 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 25: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Dec 19, 2022 to Dec 26, 2022
Dec 9, 2022
5 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 24: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Dec 05 to Dec 09, 2022.
Nov 18, 2022
5 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 23: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Nov 14, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
Nov 5, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 22: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Nov 1, 2022 to Nov 10, 2022
Oct 15, 2022
5 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 21: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Oct 11, 2022 to Oct 21, 2022
Oct 10, 2022
6 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 20: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Oct 3, 2022 to Oct 7, 2022
Sep 30, 2022
5 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 19: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from September 26, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Sep 16, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 18: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Sept 19, 2022 to Sept 23, 2022
Sep 16, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 17: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Sept 5, 2022 to Sept 9, 2022
Sep 3, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 16: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Aug 29 to Sept 2, 2022.
Aug 19, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 15: Patch Before You Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Aug 19 to Aug 25, 2022.
Aug 12, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 14: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Aug 08 to Aug 15, 2022.
Aug 3, 2022
2 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 13: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Aug 01 to Aug 05, 2022.
Jul 27, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 12: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from July 25 to July 29, 2022.
Jul 22, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 11: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from July 18 to July 22, 2022.
Jul 9, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 10: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from July 4 to July 10, 2022.
Jul 1, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 9: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from June 26 to July 01, 2022.
Jun 24, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 8: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from June 20 to June 26, 2022.
Jun 17, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 7: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching in June 13 to June 19, 2022
Jun 10, 2022
2 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 6: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching this week (June 1 to June 12).
May 20, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 5: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching this week.
May 6, 2022
1 minute
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 4: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching this week.
Apr 29, 2022
2 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 3: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching this week (April 25 to April 30, 2022).
Apr 22, 2022
3 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition 2: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching this week (April 18 to April 24, 2022).
Mar 22, 2022
2 minutes
DHS CISA KEVs Weekly Edition: Patch Before you Hit the Deadline
CISA is ratcheting up the pressure on federal agencies to patch known exploited vulnerabilities added to the DHS CISA KEV catalog, which contains 504 CVEs as of writing.
Jan 26, 2022
2 minutes
January 2022: Microsoft Patches 97 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft patched 97 unique security vulnerabilities in January 2022, including six zero-days and nine critical-rated CVEs. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Dec 30, 2021
3 minutes
December 2021: Microsoft Patches 74 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft patched 74 unique security vulnerabilities in December 2021, including six zero-day exploits. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Dec 13, 2021
3 minutes
CVE-2021-44228: Patch Apache Log4J Vulnerability Immediately!
On December 9, 2021, a new critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) was discovered in Apache Log4J, a Java-based logging tool that affects any organization that uses Apache Log4j framework including Apache Struts2, Apache Solr, Apache Druid, Apache Flink, and others.
Dec 10, 2021
3 minutes
CISA—Patch These 291 CVEs before the Deadline!
On November 3, 2021, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a new Binding Operational Directive urging public entities to fix Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) within defined time frames. This catalog consists of 291 vulnerabilities dating back to 2010 that threat actors have been actively exploiting in attacks.
Nov 25, 2021
3 minutes
November: Microsoft Patches 55 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft patched 55 unique security vulnerabilities in November2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Nov 17, 2021
3 minutes
October 2021: Patch Watch Digest
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in the October and found 18 popular vendors have released security patches for 998 vulnerabilities, including 107 CVEs with known exploits.
Nov 11, 2021
3 minutes
October 2021: Oracle Patches 419 Security Vulnerabilities
We analyzed all 419 weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Oct 29, 2021
3 minutes
October 2021: Adobe Patches 102 Security Vulnerabilities
Adobe released a series of patches that address 102 flaws in 20 of its products, including Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Premiere Pro, InCopy, and other Adobe products. We analyzed these weaknesses and highlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Oct 26, 2021
3 minutes
October 2021: Microsoft Patches 74 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft patched 74 unique security vulnerabilities in October 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Oct 26, 2021
3 minutes
September 2021: Cisco Patches 54 Security Vulnerabilities
Cisco patched 54 unique security vulnerabilities in September 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Oct 11, 2021
3 minutes
September 2021: Patch Watch Digest
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in the August and found 49 popular vendors have released security patches for 816 vulnerabilities, including 79 CVEs with known exploits.
Oct 5, 2021
1 minute
September 2021: Apple Patches 3 Zero Days Under Active Attack
Apple released security updates for three vulnerabilities in iOS and one flaw in macOS Catalina. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Sep 23, 2021
3 minutes
Abode Patches 59 Security Vulnerabilities
Adobe patched 59 unique security vulnerabilities in September 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Sep 21, 2021
3 minutes
September 2021: Microsoft Patches 60 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft patched 60 unique security vulnerabilities in September 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Sep 16, 2021
3 minutes
August: Cisco Patches 43 Security Vulnerabilities
Cisco patched 43 unique security vulnerabilities in August 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Sep 14, 2021
3 minutes
August 2021: Patch Watch Digest
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in the August and found 43 popular vendors have released security patches for 1178 vulnerabilities, including 195 CVEs with known exploits.
Sep 8, 2021
3 minutes
August 15: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in the early August and found 31 popular vendors have released security patches for 771 vulnerabilities, including 122 CVEs with known exploits.
Aug 26, 2021
3 minutes
July: Cisco Patches 31 Security Vulnerabilities
Cisco patched 31 unique security vulnerabilities in July 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be fixed on priority.
Aug 19, 2021
3 minutes
August: Microsoft Patches 44 Security Vulnerabilities
We analyzed all 44 weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Aug 13, 2021
3 minutes
July 2021: Patch Watch Digest
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in July and found 38 popular vendors have released security patches for 1877 vulnerabilities, including 231 CVEs with known exploits.
Aug 9, 2021
3 minutes
July: Apple Patches 52 Security Vulnerabilities
We analyzed all 52 weaknesses patched in July and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Jul 30, 2021
3 minutes
July: Oracle Patches 342 Security Vulnerabilities
We analyzed all 342 weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Jul 27, 2021
3 minutes
June 2021: Patch Watch Digest
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in June and found 21 popular vendors have released security patches for 772 vulnerabilities, including 138 CVEs with known exploits.
Jul 20, 2021
3 minutes
Radiographers: Patch These 16 Philips Vue PACS Vulnerabilities
We analyzed sixteen vulnerabilities in the Philips Vue PACS software and highlighted the ones that need to be prioritized for immediate patching.
Jul 16, 2021
3 minutes
July: Microsoft Patches 117 Security Vulnerabilities
We analyzed all 117 weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Jul 13, 2021
3 minutes
June 30: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in the past couple of weeks and found 13 popular vendors have released security patches for 435 vulnerabilities, including 112 CVEs with known exploits.
Jul 8, 2021
3 minutes
Dell Users: Patch these Four Security Vulnerabilities
We examined four vulnerabilities in the Dell and highlighted the ones that need to be prioritized for immediate patching.
Jul 1, 2021
3 minutes
June 15: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in the past couple of weeks and found 20 popular vendors have released security patches for 337 vulnerabilities, including 23 CVEs with known exploits.
Jun 30, 2021
3 minutes
Cardiac Management: Patch These Six ZOLL Vulnerabilities
We examined eight vulnerabilities in the ZOLL defibrillator dashboard and highlighted the ones that need to be prioritized for immediate patching.
Jun 18, 2021
3 minutes
Chrome Users: Patch CVE-2021-30551 Immediately
Pentesters from CSW have highlighted one particular vulnerability that is trending and has exploits in the wild: CVE-2021-30551!
Jun 18, 2021
5 minutes
May 2021: Patch Watch Digest
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in May and found 26 popular vendors have released security patches for 811 vulnerabilities, including 150 CVEs with known exploits.
Jun 17, 2021
3 minutes
June: Microsoft Patches 49 Security Vulnerabilities
We analyzed all 49 weaknesses and spotlighted the most important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Jun 11, 2021
3 minutes
May 31: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
CSW Researchers analyzed the security vulnerabilities patched in the past couple of weeks and found 20 popular vendors have released security patches for 467 vulnerabilities, including 10 CVEs with known exploits.
May 25, 2021
3 minutes
May 15: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
21 vendors released security patches for 289 vulnerabilities, including 22 CVEs with known exploits.
May 24, 2021
3 minutes
May: Microsoft Patches 55 Security Vulnerabilities
We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
May 21, 2021
3 minutes
Patch Watch: CSW Analysis of Pulse Secure Vulnerabilities
CSW researchers analyzed 93 security vulnerabilities in 16 Pulse Secure products and spotlight what weaknesses need to be addressed immediately and why.
May 14, 2021
3 minutes
April 2021: Patch Watch Digest
30 vendors released security patches for 1400 vulnerabilities, including 46 CVEs with known exploits.
May 4, 2021
3 minutes
April: Oracle Patches 390 Security Vulnerabilities
Oracle released patches for 390 security vulnerabilities in April 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
May 4, 2021
3 minutes
April 15: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
21 vendors released security patches for 334 vulnerabilities, including 16 CVEs with known exploits.
Apr 22, 2021
3 minutes
April: Microsoft Patches 108 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft patched 108 unique security vulnerabilities in April 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Apr 19, 2021
3 minutes
March 2021: Patch Watch Digest
23 vendors released security patches in March for 911 vulnerabilities, including 116 CVEs with known exploits.
Apr 16, 2021
3 minutes
March 10: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
16 vendors released security patches for 566 vulnerabilities, including 45 CVEs with known exploits.
Apr 16, 2021
3 minutes
March: Microsoft patches 89 security vulnerabilities
Microsoft patched 89 unique security vulnerabilities in March 2021. We analyzed these weaknesses and spotlighted important vulnerabilities that ought to be patched on priority.
Apr 9, 2021
3 minutes
Nine Reasons to Patch Hafnium Vulnerabilities
On March 3, following Microsoft's release of out-of-band security patches to address multiple zero-day bugs (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-27065) in on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server, CISA issued an emergency directive alert mitigate product vulnerabilities.
Mar 22, 2021
3 minutes
February 2021: Patch Watch Digest
25 vendors released security patches for 1007 vulnerabilities, including 122 CVEs with known exploits.
Feb 12, 2021
5 minutes
January 2021: Patch Watch Digest
20 vendors released security updates for 1086 vulnerabilities. 18 CVEs had publicly known exploits.
Feb 3, 2021
3 minutes
Jan 13: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
13 vendors, including Apple, Cisco, Adobe, Chrome, Mozilla, IBM, Microsoft, Checkpoint, RedHat, and others, have released patches and updates for 487 vulnerabilities.
Jan 13, 2021
3 minutes
December 2020: Patch Watch Digest
27 vendors have released security updates for 746 vulnerabilities, and among them, 55 are known exploits.
Jan 8, 2021
3 minutes
Dec 23: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
12 vendors including Apple, Cisco, Citrix, Adobe, Mozilla, Qnap, HP, Checkpoint, RedHat, and others, have released security updates for 367 vulnerabilities.
Dec 28, 2020
5 minutes
Dec 10: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
19 vendors including Apple, Cisco, Adobe, Chrome, Mozilla, IBM, Microsoft, Checkpoint, RedHat, and others, have released patches and updates for 317 vulnerabilities.
Dec 11, 2020
5 minutes
November 2020: Patch Watch Digest
27 vendors have released security updates for 947 vulnerabilities and among them 66 CVEs have known exploits.
Dec 4, 2020
5 minutes
Nov 23: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
13 Vendors including Apple, Cisco, Citrix, Chrome, Mozilla, Sonic Wall, Drupal, Checkpoint, RedHat, and others have released patches and updates for 261 vulnerabilities.
Nov 30, 2020
5 minutes
Nov 11: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
19 Vendors, including Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Citrix, Chrome, Microsoft, Mozilla, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Dell, and other popular vendors, have released 525 security patches.
Nov 23, 2020
5 minutes
October 2020: Patch Watch Digest
Check out the overall list of vulnerabilities & weaknesses that were fixed in October 2020.
Nov 16, 2020
5 minutes
Oct 21: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
Adobe, Dell, Check Point, Palo Alto, FortiGuard, Netapp, RedHat, Siemens, VMware, HP, Oracle has published patches for 664 vulnerabilities (22 vulnerabilities are weaponized previously)
Oct 29, 2020
5 minutes
Oct 14: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
CISCO, Citrix, Dell, IBM, Check Point, NetApp and other vendors have released patches for 202 vulnerabilities (11 vulnerabilities are already weaponized)
Oct 18, 2020
5 minutes
Oct 7: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
In our Oct 7 edition of Patch Watch, we have 13 vendors (Apple, CISCO, IBM, RedHat, Dell, Android and others) who released 93 patches, hotfixes and security updates.
Oct 12, 2020
5 minutes
Sep 30: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
Two weeks ago, CISCO, Citrix, IBM, Pulse Secure, Amazon, Dell, RedHat and many others released security updates.
Oct 1, 2020
5 minutes
Sep 23: CSW Patch Watch & Security Updates
