Another month, another batch of Microsoft security fixes. This month’s Patch Tuesday distribution shows that even the newest offerings from Redmond contain holes that malicious yet savvy hackers can exploit. In fact, all of the seven advisories — covering 19 flaws — described in the latest Patch Tuesday were labeled by Microsoft as being “critical.” That means they might allow attackers to easily gain control of a system. The patches are for vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft’s newest Web browser, Internet Explorer 7, as well as Office 2007 and Exchange 2007.
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Microsoft Fends Off Zombies, Worms and Bugs With Patch Tuesday
Posted by: Fred J. Aun May 9, 2007 10:43 AMAnother month, another batch of Microsoft security fixes. This month’s Patch Tuesday distribution shows that even the newest offerings from Redmond contain holes that malicious yet savvy hackers can exploit. In fact, all of the seven advisories — covering 19 flaws — described in the latest Patch Tuesday were labeled by Microsoft as being “critical.” That means they might allow attackers to easily gain control of a system. The patches are for vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft’s newest Web browser, Internet Explorer 7, as well as Office 2007 and Exchange 2007.