Microsoft today delivered five critical security updates that patched eight vulnerabilities in Windows, including one in the JavaScript engine that ships with every supported version of the company's operating system.
The other flaws lie in a pair of Windows Media Player file formats; in Windows' implementation of TCP/IP, the Web's default suite of connection protocols; and in the operating system's wireless network's automatic-configuration service.
"The fog of last week has cleared, but what we're seeing today is a lot of bugs related to Internet Explorer that were labeled as Windows vulnerabilities before," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security. Storms was referring to Microsoft's advance notification last Thursday, when the company only divulged that it would issue updates for Windows.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9137709/
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The other flaws lie in a pair of Windows Media Player file formats; in Windows' implementation of TCP/IP, the Web's default suite of connection protocols; and in the operating system's wireless network's automatic-configuration service.
"The fog of last week has cleared, but what we're seeing today is a lot of bugs related to Internet Explorer that were labeled as Windows vulnerabilities before," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security. Storms was referring to Microsoft's advance notification last Thursday, when the company only divulged that it would issue updates for Windows.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9137709/
