Microsoft releases out-of-band security update to fix IE zero-day & Defender bug

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-out-of-band-security-update-to-fix-ie-zero-day-defender-bug/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet News
September 23, 2019

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band security update today to 
fix two critical security issues -- a zero-day vulnerability in the 
Internet Explorer scripting engine that has been exploited in the wild, 
and a Microsoft Defender bug.

The updates stand out because Microsoft usually likes to stay the course 
and only release security updates on the second Tuesday of every month. 
The company rarely breaks this pattern, and it's usually only for very 
important security issues.

This is one of those rare occasions, and Windows users are advised to 
install today's updates as soon as possible. The patch for the IE zero-day 
is a manual update, while the Defender bug will be patched via a silent 
update.

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