Microsoft changing Patch Tuesday process
Microsoft is to release fixes for a dozen serious vulnerabilities next Tuesday, seven of them ranked critical. But the firm has also announced a three-stage process to reducing the effects of future vulnerabilities.
Next week’s update (the regular ‘Patch Tuesday’ release which comes in the second week of each month) includes critical fixes for Windows, Internet Explorer, Media Player, Access, Excel, PowerPoint plus Office in general.
The full details are, as usual, kept under wraps until the release comes out (to avoid hackers getting so much information they can prepare for attacks). However, all seven critical fixes involve plugging gaps which could have allowed remote code execution.
