It's 2020 and a rogue ICMPv6 network packet can pwn your Microsoft Windows machine [Wed Oct 14 2020]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 14 October 2020 ***************************************************************** It's 2020 and a rogue ICMPv6 network packet can pwn your Microsoft Windows machine Redmond urges folks to apply update ASAP – plus more fixes for Outlook and software from Adobe, Intel, SAP, Red Hat ***************************************************************** Business * Oh! 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