http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/203005/record_patch_tuesday_where_to_begin.html By Tony Bradley PC World August 10, 2010 Microsoft unleashed a record number of security bulletins for a single month -- 14 security bulletins addressing 34 different vulnerabilities. IT admins need to understand the risks and prioritize the patches to ensure they aren't overwhelmed by the sheer volume of the patch avalanche. Microsoft outlined in a statement "Microsoft is providing active security protections to help customers manage and prevent threats to their computing experience through the release of 14 security bulletins. This month's bulletin package includes eight Critical and six Important updates to address 34 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft XML Core Services and Server Message Block." Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle, had this to say about the slew of Microsoft patches. "It's another movies-to-malware month for Microsoft. Four of the 14 bulletins this month fix bugs in media applications. Already this year Microsoft has fixed bugs in media applications or media file formats in February, March, April and June, so this month continues an obvious and growing trend. So much of what people do on the Internet these days includes videos or music and malware writers continue to take advantage of the fact that people are less aware of malware embedded in these files." The Patch Tuesday security bulletins are above and beyond the out-of-band patch released last week for the Windows shortcut flaw. Microsoft was compelled to rush that fix out due to a rise in attacks exploiting the vulnerability. [...] -- Visit InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/Received on Thu Aug 12 2010 - 00:08:20 PDT
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