• MS-DEFCON 2: A record number of MS patches

    Posted on October 14, 2009 at 14:45 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Black Tuesday has come and gone, and Microsoft unleashed 34 – count em – 34 separately identified security patches, contained in 13 security bulletins numbered MS09-050 to MS09-062.

    The SANS Internet Storm Center List covers the highlights. The really disconcerting one is the first one – MS09-050 fixes a hole in Vista and Server 2008 that can be exploited remotely.

    I haven’t heard of anybody getting infected yet, but as soon as this baby has hit the big time, I’ll yell real loud and tell you to patch it.

    In the interim, hang in there, turn off Automatic Updates, and let’s see what crashes.

    I’m moving us to MS-DEFCON 2, Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don’t do it.Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don’t do it, with the caveat that Vista users need to keep an eagle eye on this page.

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