Microsoft slates another monster Patch Tuesday

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9200642/Microsoft_slates_another_monster_Patch_Tuesday

By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld
December 9, 2010

Microsoft today said it will deliver a record 17 security updates next 
week to patch 40 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), 
Office, SharePoint and Exchange.

Among the 40 patches will be two that address a pair of bugs that 
hackers have already exploited.

"I really was not expecting 17," said Andrew Storms, director of 
security operations at nCircle Security. "I expected 10 at the most."

The 17 updates -- Microsoft calls them "bulletins" -- are a record, 
beating the count from October 2010 by one. The bulletins that will ship 
next Tuesday will include 40 patches, Microsoft said, nine fewer than 
the record set last October, but six more than the next-largest months 
of October 2009 and June and August of this year.

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