Microsoft plans patches for 'hacker's playground'

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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230147/Microsoft_plans_patches_for_hacker_s_playground_

By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld
August 9, 2012

Microsoft today said it will patch at least 14 vulnerabilities next 
week, including four in Internet Explorer (IE), making it three months 
in a row that the company has plugged holes in its browser.

Of the nine updates set for Aug. 14, five will be labeled "critical," 
the most serious of the four ratings Microsoft uses. The other four will 
be pegged "important," the next-lower threat ranking.

The big story for next week will be the one-two punch of patches for 
Exchange and SQL Server.

"Those are two of the three things that are most important to IT in 
enterprises," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at 
nCircle Security. "Thank goodness SharePoint's not included. But 
Microsoft is hitting two out of three in just one month."

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