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Microsoft Patch Tuesday
JJ_Egan
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Big one coming up folks .
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/microsoft-plans-record-breaking-patch-tuesday-100710
This month's batch of security patches from Microsoft will be a record-breaking one: 16 bulletins addressing a whopping 49 security vulnerabilities. According to the company's advance notice, four of the 16 bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. Microsoft rates a critical vulnerability as one that could be exploited to propagate an Internet worm without user action.
The 49 vulnerabilities will mark the largest ever batch of patches issued by Microsoft. The previous record was 34 vulnerabilities patched in August this year.
The October patch batch will include fixes for security flaws in the Windows operating system, the Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft Office and the .NET Framework.
It is very likely that Microsoft will include patches for a pair of elevation of privilege vulnerabilities that were exploited during the mysterious Stuxnet worm attack.
jje
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/microsoft-plans-record-breaking-patch-tuesday-100710
This month's batch of security patches from Microsoft will be a record-breaking one: 16 bulletins addressing a whopping 49 security vulnerabilities. According to the company's advance notice, four of the 16 bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. Microsoft rates a critical vulnerability as one that could be exploited to propagate an Internet worm without user action.
The 49 vulnerabilities will mark the largest ever batch of patches issued by Microsoft. The previous record was 34 vulnerabilities patched in August this year.
The October patch batch will include fixes for security flaws in the Windows operating system, the Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft Office and the .NET Framework.
It is very likely that Microsoft will include patches for a pair of elevation of privilege vulnerabilities that were exploited during the mysterious Stuxnet worm attack.
jje
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HAHAHA...stuxnet most likely made by US and israeli govts to attack very specific Siemens control systems in a very specific way ie if they involve nuclear enrichment .....and my pc needs protecting??? Someone is on drugs , strong ones.
....As if microsoft is going to give the iranians protection......so what are these patches really for ?
I got ie8 a bit back but havent bothered with updates for a long time.. my choice.
edit- forgot to remind those who are interested in this that the UK govt is still using ie6 and no plans to update.0 -
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