Microsoft Releases 12 Security Patches
Microsoft has released today 12 new security patches. Seven of the patches are considered critical and two are critical for Microsoft Office. Microsoft has fixed over twenty vulnerabilities with these new patches. The critical Windows updates address several vulnerabilities in the Windows Server and DNS services along with, flaws in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, a vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console, an issue with HTML Help, and several vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel. For Microsoft Office, they fixed a vulnerability in Visual Basic for Applications that could allow remote code execution. It also corrected two vulnerabilities in PowerPoint which allowed for a Trojan Dropper to modify the file Explorer.Exe. Microsoft urges Windows and Office users to update their software immediately. It is common that malicious hackers create exploits once the security patches have been released to get users that have not updated yet.
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