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Automox Mitigation Worklets cut endpoint exposure to unpatchable flaws

Automox launched an AI-speed Mitigation Worklet Pipeline that drafts and publishes mitigations for unpatchable vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure.

Automox announced its Mitigation Worklet Pipeline, which uses AI to draft mitigations for unpatchable vulnerabilities and publishes human-reviewed Worklets to its catalog within hours of disclosure. The company cites rising vulnerability volume, including a record Patch Tuesday with 973 CVEs, as motivation. Customers can search Worklets by CVE, control deployment targets, and verify execution through Activity Logs and Policy Results.

Help Net Security · 5d agoTools

Top 10 Best Patch Management Software in 2026

Roundup ranks 2026 patch management software, favoring Automox, Action1's free tier and Tanium, and warns buyers to vet patching platform security.

This buyer's guide ranks ten patch management tools for 2026, placing Automox first for cloud-native patching, Action1 for a genuinely free small-estate tier and Tanium for patching hundreds of thousands of endpoints. It contextualizes the category with the 2021 Kaseya VSA ransomware supply-chain incident and the 2020 SolarWinds Orion compromise, arguing the security of the patching platform itself must be part of evaluation. It also notes Ivanti products have repeatedly appeared in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Cyber Security News · 7d agoIndustry

12 Best Patch Management Software Compared (2026): Features & Pricing

GBHackers ranks NinjaOne, ManageEngine, and Automox atop twelve patch management tools for 2026, emphasizing third-party application coverage.

GBHackers scored twelve patch management platforms on coverage, automation, visibility, deployment, and value, with NinjaOne ranked highest at 4.55. Action1 is highlighted for its genuinely usable free tier, ManageEngine for third-party catalog breadth, and Automox for cloud-native cross-OS automation. The piece notes that unpatched known vulnerabilities remain a top initial-access vector, citing CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

GBHackers · 6d agoIndustry 4 sources

Webinar Today: Keep Pace With AI – A New Operating Model for Endpoint Remediation

SecurityWeek and Automox host a webinar on accelerating endpoint vulnerability remediation through automation and governance policies.

The 20-minute webinar promotes 'Frontier Pace Governance,' an approach to balancing automation, policy, and business risk in endpoint patching. It is vendor marketing content co-hosted with Automox, covering visibility, remediation automation, and patching SLAs.

SecurityWeek · 6d agoIndustry

Microsoft posts nearly 1,000 bugs for Patch Tuesday as CISA warns two being exploited

CISA confirms exploitation of two Windows zero-days among 973 Microsoft patches; 22,000 Exchange servers remain unpatched.

Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday sets a record with 973 vulnerabilities, and CISA confirms CVE-2026-81963 and CVE-2026-85880 are being exploited, giving federal agencies until September 22 to patch. Nightwing estimates over 22,000 corporate Exchange servers are unpatched against weaponized exploit code. Analysts describe CVE-2026-81963 as an early link in ransomware chains where phishing leads to privilege escalation, and note year-to-date Microsoft disclosures exceed 2,600 bugs.

The Record · 7d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-81963CVE-2026-85880

CISA gives federal agencies two weeks to patch Microsoft bug exploited in DPRK campaign

CISA orders federal agencies to patch exploited Windows Winsock zero-day CVE-2026-68820 by August 25, used by Lazarus in Operation Dream Job.

CISA ordered federal agencies to patch Windows Winsock vulnerability CVE-2026-68820, rated 7/10, by August 25 after confirming exploitation; no workaround exists and a restart is required. Check Point found Lazarus Group hackers impersonated Lockheed Martin and Enveil recruiters on LinkedIn, sent malicious PDFs enabling long-term remote access, then used the zero-day to escalate from limited access to full system control. Targets spanned defense sectors including surveillance, drones and robotics in France, Germany, Brazil and India, as part of Operation Dream Job tracked since 2020.

The Record · Aug 12, 2026Exploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-688201