MICROSOFT -- A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026

[Condobloke]

Krebs on Security has posted a new item.

Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes
across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number
of fixes for the company's monthly Patch Tuesday cycle. Nearly three dozen of
those bugs earned Microsoft's most dire "critical" rating, and exploit code
for at least three of the weaknesses is now publicly available.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/a-record-breaking-patch-tuesday-for-june-2026/

We use Linux ... Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy ?

 

[KGIII]

I suspect that they too are impacted by people using AI to find (and report) bugs and exploits.

Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy ?

Kinda?

Since the start of this month, we've had going on five pages (20 per page, some will be duplicates) of security incidents.

https://www.linux.org/forums/linux-security-announcements-automated.14/page-5

So. no... Not quite warm and fuzzy - but warmer and fuzzier than I'd be if I used Windows.

 

[Condobloke]

The above link is well worth a read, if for no other reason than to get a grip on the extensive nature of the exploits/bugs/security shortfalls add infinitum.....the list is truly mindboggling.

Ai is doing its thing to bring an absolute avalanche of long running flaws to the surface, and it is showing no mercy in its disclosures.

Plus, it would appear Microsoft has a former employee taking them to the cleaners as well

and:
Microsoft battled its own internal zero-day emergencies last week, after at least 72 of the company’s public code repositories were infected with a variant of the Shai-Hulud worm.

With all that is happening in the microsphere, they are more than aware that some of their past faults etc etc etc....are coming back to haunt them.

 

[Condobloke]

Definitely warm & fuzzy here.

What's not to like ?

 

[KGIII]

Definitely warm & fuzzy here.

What's not to like ?

There are still many Linux bugs and exploits. It's more warm and fuzzy than I'd be with Windows, but I can't deny the reality that Linux is not immune to exploitation. Fortunately, serious flaws are fairly rare -- but they exist. There's a 100% chance that there will be more exploits found.

 

[Condobloke]

Warm & Fuzzy etc ... I am uplifted by the fact that Linux has fewer users than m'soft, also that the users which Linux does have, appear to be more enlightened than m'soft users. If m'soft users were to truly step back and look at the mess that surrounds them they would surely leave there in droves. Also uplifting is the fact that Linux's 5 pages (approx) of security incidents etc etc is handled quietly and with style and discretion.
Perhaps that statement ^^ is a bit over the top, but surely they must tire of the hand holding, and having everything put in place for them akin to being a baby again.

The satisfaction experienced when someone has moved to Linux, and have had x amount of help to 'get the show on the road' , only to discover that they are expected to make sense of, and add, y to the mix, themselves, in order to make the 'show' move down the road in the manner it is supposed to ! (preferably without breaking the entire show into many pieces.)s



(how many souls come here with the intention of dual booting ((because they can't or won't find an alternative app/program/or change their approach to handle whatever it is they do)) )

if they eventually make the break, completely, they achieve that elusive thing called 'self satisfaction' ....dare I say, they achieve a Linux nirvana ? !

Ok, I'll climb down off my horse, now.

 

[theLegionWithin]

as software gets more complex, more bugs will get found.

 

[PuppyHome]

Warm and fuzzy? Yes, when using Puppy and Easy.

Using traditional Puppies ones set up to your liking (for me first run) save the configuration ONCE. Setting up takes almost no time at all once you are comfortable using Pups. It becomes so easy.
So set it up and lastly configure the system to run in RAM only and only YOU decide whether or not to save the session at shut down. This has to be done physically! Drive isolation. Unless you tell your Pup to save anything nothing will be written to disc at shutdown.

EasyOS takes this approach to a next level. Total drive isolation, restricting applications, RAM sessions only, containerised desktop and/or individual apps.

So in these cases if an exploit want to mess around with your file system (which is read-only mind you) it cannot reach the drive unless you tell the OS to do so.

So yeah, that's pretty comfy. NOT bullet proof but getting there.As close as it can be.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

We use Linux ... Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy ?

No, security is one special area in which there's no difference between Windows and Linux.
Under the hood it's just a machine code that the CPU is processing, no difference in that.

Linux wasn't on radar for long time that contributed to various myths about its safety.
Another fact is that Linux users, the community, also contributed to myths with various claims how Linux is safe or that it doesn't need AV and similar statements that people were buying.

 

[MikeWalsh]

I have to concur with m'colleague, @PuppyHome. One of the great things about 'our Pup' is its highly-unique mode of operation.....loading completely into RAM from read-only files - very similar to these new-fangled 'atomic' distributions that are now appearing - giving the user the choice of whether to 'save' a session or not, along with the ease of backing-up / restoring engendered by literally using nothing more complex than good old copy'n'paste.

Barry's EasyOS, as m'colleague says, builds upon this & takes it all to the next level, with containerization & isolating every item from everything else.

No, there's no such thing as total security for ANY Linux distro.....but Puppy takes a pretty good stab at it!


Mike.