Microsoft Patches More Than 1,400 Security Flaws

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Summary by Cyber Security News14 Oct 2026, 01:24 CEST

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Microsoft today issued updates to fix more than 1,400 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Today’s epic patch batch dwarfs September’s record of nearly 1,000 fixes, which was already about ten times the normal monthly patch load from Redmond. Just one of the weaknesses patched this week is considered a “zero day,” or already exploited in the wild.

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