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Microsoft Patch Day News Roundup August 2019 (Updated)

*UPDATES
*Microsoft: These Windows 10 updates fix broken Visual Basic apps but not for 1903
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-these-windows-10-updates-fix-broken-visual-basic-apps-but-not-for-1903/

*Microsoft releases patches to fix the VB/VBA/VBScript bugs
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/microsoft-releases-patches-to-fix-the-vb-vba-vbscript-bugs/

*More fixes for the VB/VBA/VBScript bugs in this month’s patches
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/more-fixes-for-the-vb-vba-vbscript-bugs-in-this-months-patches/

August 2019 Security Updates
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/08/13/august-2019-security-updates/
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/312890cc-3673-e911-a991-000d3a33a34d

Vulnerability in Microsoft CTF protocol goes back to Windows XP
https://www.zdnet.com/article/vulnerability-in-microsoft-ctf-protocol-goes-back-to-windows-xp/

August 2019 Microsoft Patch Tuesday
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/August+2019+Microsoft+Patch+Tuesday/25236/

August 2019 Security patches: It’s a biiiiiiiiig month
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/august-2019-security-patches-its-a-biiiiiiiiig-month/

Microsoft warns of two new ‘wormable’ flaws in Windows Remote Desktop Services
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-warns-of-two-new-wormable-flaws-in-windows-remote-desktop-services/

August Patch Tuesday: Update Fixes ‘Wormable’ Flaws in Remote Desktop Services, VBScript Gets Disabled by Default
https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/august-patch-tuesday-update-fixes-wormable-flaws-remote-desktop-services-vbscript-disabled-by-default/

To patch Windows or not: Do you want BlueKeep bug or broken Visual Basic apps?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/to-patch-windows-or-not-do-you-want-bluekeep-bug-or-broken-visual-basic-apps/

Do you want to protect yourself against BlueKeep, or break Visual Basic?
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/do-you-want-to-protect-yourself-against-bluekeep-or-break-visual-basic/

Microsoft quietly updates all of this month’s Windows patches warning about conflicts with Visual Basic 6, VBA and VBScript
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/microsoft-quietly-updates-all-of-this-months-windows-patches-warning-about-conflicts-with-visual-basic-6-vba-and-vbscript/

August 2019 Updates: Issues with VB6, VBA and VBScript
https://borncity.com/win/2019/08/15/august-2019-updates-issues-with-vb6-vba-and-vbscript/

The sky is not falling: DejaBlue (aka BlueKeep II, III, IV, V) are not being exploited in the wild
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/the-sky-is-not-falling-dejablue-aka-bluekeep-ii-iii-iv-v-are-not-being-exploited-in-the-wild/

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