Cybersecurity Alert: Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
By: Dean Dorton | September 10, 2021

Attention: Microsoft Windows Vulnerability CVE-2021-40444 | Dean Dorton encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s advisory and to implement the mitigations and workarounds.
Cybersecurity | Technology
Cyber criminals are exploiting a previously unknown remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions that may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system when users open a malicious document or browse a malicious website. This vulnerability has been detected in exploits in the wild.
There is no patch available yet but Microsoft has published a work around until a patch is released. Dean Dorton encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s advisory and to implement the mitigations and workarounds. For a direct link to Microsoft’s Advisory, visit the link below:
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