Keep in mind that these security updates that the firm sends us are responsible for keep millions of users and computers safe. We are now talking about all this because just a few hours ago the firm sent the security patches corresponding to the month of January 2022. Of course, we must bear in mind that in addition to the aforementioned Windows, Microsoft also sends patches for some of its main products such as browsers or Office.
Due to all that has been said, below, we are going to talk about these new security updates as well as others not related to security. These are the ones that Microsoft the software giant has sent over the last few hours.
Security bugs fixed by Microsoft on Windows
To give us an idea of what we are talking about with these patches that have just been sent, for example, in the most recent versions of the system a total of 78 vulnerabilities. Six of these are considered critical, hence precisely the importance of updating our equipment as soon as possible.
Serve as a clear example of all this that here the firm corrects security flaws in the DirectX graphics core. It also solves a vulnerability in the protocols and another in the domain services of Active Directory. Also, it has been seen that some installations do not receive the latest version of Edge, which should be corrected in the future.
All this is achieved thanks to the patch KB5009543 which is responsible for solving these and other vulnerabilities detected in recent weeks. On the other hand, if we focus on the new Windows 11, here we will receive the security patch KB5009566. Specifically, this is responsible for solving a total of 66 vulnerabilities, three of them critical.
Download the first Windows security patches in 2022
As usual, all these security patches of the different versions of the operating system will reach us via Windows Update function. However, on certain occasions we can find some problems in this functionality. In the same way, it may be the case that we do not receive these updates that we mention automatically, as it should be.
For all this that we comment on below, we are going to leave you the corresponding links to the Microsoft official catalog. They will allow you to download and install these recent security patches for some of the most recent versions of Windows. In this way, we achieve one of the main objectives of these elements that Microsoft has just sent, which is none other than to keep ourselves protected against the latest vulnerabilities.
Windows 7: KB5009610.
Windows 8.1: KB5009624.
Windows 10 version 1909: KB5009545.
Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2, 21H1 and 21H2: KB5009543.
Windows 11: KB5009566.
