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June Windows Update To Be Biggest in a Year

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the patch-early-patch-often dept.

Supersonic1425 writes "The BBC reports that this month's security update from Microsoft will be the one of the biggest this year. Nine of the patches are for Windows — one classed as critical — two are for Office and one for the Exchange e-mail server software." From the article: "At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively exploited by malicious hackers. ... Microsoft is not only tackling security problems but also the fallout of a legal case that the software giant lost."

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  1. Vista is the bigger patch. by Tei · · Score: 0, Troll

    But vista will not be release this year :D

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  2. "Mandatory" non-security update bugs me.. by d_jedi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fcuk Eolas. I don't want to apply that update, which will break countless websites (or, at least, render them less convenient to use)... SO SUE ME. GO, ON, YOU FCUKERS, SUE ME.

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  3. windows... by Ichigo+Kurosaki · · Score: 0, Troll

    While I was reading this article an odd thought came to my mind. When Bill decided on the name windows did he choose the name b/c windows are easy to break?

  4. Re:Security by diversity by drsmithy · · Score: 0, Troll
    Whereas malware, because it must find way to circumvent protection and operate without the user noticing it, must exploit very specific bugs and is highly dependant on the specific flavor on which it must run (versions of kernel/libraries/apps, CPU, compiler architecture, ...). So yes, cRak3rz will still be able to program viruses, except that those viruses will only be able to attack opensuse 14.3, maybe fedora core 8, but not debian 3.3 because they all depend on a bug found in the linux kernel version 2.12.5.1, and the binary only work with EM64T architecture, not SPARC10 or ARM11, and *BSD are out of question.

    1. Most "exploits" do not rely on software vulnerabilities.

    2. Most modern unix systems are only different enough to be annoying and frustrating (from a user perspective) not different enough for diversity to be really effective. You know how nice it is to be able to sit in front of "any" unix machine and make it work ? The same principle applies to malware.