Blog Security Research Akamai’s Perspective on December’s Patch Tuesday 2022 Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for December 2022 has been released , and we at Akamai Security Intelligence Group set out to look at the more intriguing vulnerabilities that were patched. It seems Christmas came early this year, as December’s update is much leaner than previous months’ — so maybe we can panic a little bit less before the holidays. — at least until the next Log4Shell successor shows up (we have a nice contender already , so please patch, folks!). \n In this report, we’ll assess how critical the vulnerabilities really are and how commonplace the affected applications and services are, and we’ll provide a realistic perspective on the bugs that were fixed. Be on the lookout for these insights in the days after every Patch Tuesday.  \n This is an updating report and we’ll add more information to it as our research progresses — stay tuned!…