Latest News about Microsoft released 11 security updates to patch 17 vulnerabilities on Tuesday, by far its largest release in a year. There were five critical and six important updates, the two highest levels issued by the software company. The patches cover a wide range of Microsoft products from Word, Publisher and the Office suite down to Microsoft Works, its Web server applications and Vista's implementation on the desktop. The updates come less than a month after vendors such as Skype Latest News about Skype, Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) Latest News about Adobe and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Latest News about Apple issued a series of patches. The sheer number of patches released within the past two weeks has placed IT departments in the unenviable position of trying to catch up with potentially malicious crackers. "After several slow Patch Tuesdays, administrators are faced with the most patches they've seen in a year," Paul Zimski, senior direcor of market strategy with Scotsdale, Ariz.-based Lumension Security, told TechNewsWorld. "Because so many critical patches affect so many applications, these are widespread enough to have a bigger effect than we've seen in a year and they are going to require the utmost attention and energy." From technewsworld.com
meh, virtually every patch M$ release is to cover up a security hole, and most of them 'could allow an attacker to gain control of your system'. The EU seriously needs to take them to court for producing software that is not fit for purpose.
