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Microsoft Plugs a Record 26 Security Holes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there's-another-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft today released ten patches to fix at least 26 separate security holes, including a whopping 16 flaws in Microsoft Office and its constituent apps. According to Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog, this is the most number of patches ever released by Redmond outside of a Windows service pack. Also of note, six of today's updates apply to fully patched Windows XP systems, and two of the flaws are actually present in Windows Vista."

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  1. Patch for Mac Office by peektwice · · Score: 1, Troll

    From TFA: one of the Word flaws is only present in the version made for Apple Macintosh systems
    Is that to say that they aren't concentrating on fixing the Mac software, so as to intentionally make Macs less secure if they run MS software and bolster their argument that Macs are no more secure than Wintels?
    Or is it that the people at MS writing Mac software are better at it?
    Or is it that Macs are inherently more secure?
    Or......a million others. I thought it was highly interesting that there were a high number of flaws in the Windows Office, but only one in the Mac Office. What say you /.?

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