Microsoft to Issue Six Security Patches Next Week
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that it plans to release at least six software patches next week to fix security flaws in its Windows operating systems and other software, including an update to plug a security hole that hackers have been exploiting to compromise Windows computers.
Key among the updates the company said we could expect next week is a patch to mend what it called a "critical" flaw in its XML Core Services, which it has said bad guys already are exploiting to take complete control over vulnerable Windows PCs.
Microsoft didn't specify which other flaws next week's batch of updates would address, but there is at least one other vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting that probably bears an update. The company has acknowledged that attackers are currently taking advantage of a flaw in Visual Studio 2005 to infiltrate Windows computers, so that is a likely target for update next week.
Microsoft said it also intends to push out two "non-security high-priority updates" for Windows machines, but it didn't offer any more specifics about those fixes. Security Fix will have the lowdown on all of the updates shortly after they are issued next Tuesday afternoon.
By Brian Krebs |
November 10, 2006; 10:51 AM ET
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Posted by: J | November 10, 2006 6:52 PM
"Microsoft Corp. has slowly begun shipping automatic updates of Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) to all users of the English language version of the browser.... Microsoft has been sending the updates to 1 percent of English language IE 6 users -- about one million PCs -- per day, Schare said."
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/10/HNmsie7upgrade_1.html
Posted by: JohnJ | November 12, 2006 12:51 PM
"...Microsoft has been sending the updates to 1 percent of English language IE 6 users -- about one million PCs -- per day, Schare said."
Yeah, I was one of the one million to receive my 14.8MB IE7 update. I think I'll pass since I already have tabbed browsing with Netscape 8.1.2. Besides, I don't need another "beta" Microsoft product to add to my already ridiculously high security patch load.
Posted by: WB | November 12, 2006 3:19 PM
I downloaded IE7, and liked it so much that I dumped Firefox 2.0.
Posted by: JohnJ | November 12, 2006 5:56 PM
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i would guess one of the high priority updates is IE7 since they still haven't pushed that (to any of my computers, at least).