Microsoft is plugging a host of security holes found notonly in its latest operating system but also in many of its most popular applications including Office, Internet Explorer and Lync.
This month's Patch Tuesday consists of seven bulletins, sixof them critical, that, if exploited, can give attackers power to execute codeon victim machines and control them remotely.
"To say that all Microsoft products are affected andeverything is affected critically is not an overstatement," says Paul Henry asecurity and forensic analyst for Lumension. "It's difficult to prioritize oneor two because all the bulletins likely need your attention."