Microsoft just released its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, with a mammoth 622 fixes including three dangerous zero-days
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622 fixes and three zero-days in one Patch Tuesday underline how brittle the software estate has become. If you’re still doing manual patch triage, this is the week to accelerate automated testing and staged rollouts or accept that unpatched exposure is now a standing business risk.
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