Microsoft issues fixes for 'patched' Duqu threat
Microsoft on Tuesday shipped seven patches to address 23 vulnerabilities, including fresh fixes for flaws that could enable the espionage trojan Duqu trojan to spread.
Three of the seven bulletins were rated "critical" by Microsoft, but all of the attention seemed squarely focused on one: MS12-034, a rather convoluted fix that remedies 10 issues in Windows, Office, Silverlight and the .NET Framework.
Three of the ten vulnerabilities were publicly known, and the most severe of the holes involved the improper handling of TrueType font files, which was the vector by which Duqu was believed to have spread. Duqu was created to conduct reconnaissance of target industrial control systems, and may have been designed to serve as a precursor to another Stuxnet-like attack.
