PainDealer 0 Posted June 14, 2006 Quote[/b] ]SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of eight "critical" security flaws in its Windows operating system and Office software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs on 90 percent of the world's computers, issued patches to fix the problems as part of its monthly security bulletin. It was the biggest such update since February 2005. The company issued a total of 12 patches that address 21 security holes and cover problems in its Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, Powerpoint and Exchange Server products, security experts said. "The significance of this large number of patches lies in the fact that 19 of them are remote code executions," said Amol Sarwate, manager of the Vulnerability Research Lab at Qualys. The world's biggest software maker defines a flaw as "critical" when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine. Six of the critical flaws related to Windows and two affected Office. Microsoft also issued another two security warnings it rated at its second-highest level of "important" for Windows, as well as one it gave a severity rating of "moderate." It also warned of an "important" flaw in its Microsoft Exchange software that allows users to send and receive e-mail along with other forms of communication through computer networks. The company has been working for more than three years to improve the security and reliability of its software as more and more malicious software targets weaknesses in Windows and other Microsoft software. The latest patches, which are free to Microsoft software owners, can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/security. Source Quote[/b] ]The world's biggest software maker defines a flaw as "critical" when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine. Quote[/b] ]The company has been working for more than three years to improve the security and reliability of its software as more and more malicious software targets weaknesses in Windows and other Microsoft software. so have they learned anything since the blaster worm incident? why couldn't they just put their things under the microscope and find the flaws before some hack finds them. or is this just that they've been working on it 3 years already and still they find holes this size? wonder what their new OS will be like when it comes out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 12 Posted June 14, 2006 Unless you're new to windows there is absolutely nothing new to this (and nothing to debate either), although I'm sure there are plenty of hardware/computer related discussions boards you could find if you wished to discuss this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
