Only Two Patches - One Critical - on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has a late Christmas present for security professionals in January.
Following what was one of the largest patch releases in Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) history last month, the company's first Patch Tuesday of 2011 – coming next week – will only feature two patches, just one of which is rated critical.
In comparison, last month, Microsoft released 17 patches that fixed a total of 40 security vulnerabilities, making a lot of security staffers work overtime close to the holidays in order to get them all tested and installed. A company official, however, cautioned that neither of this month's patches will fix two recently confirmed zero-day vulnerabilities.
