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Microsoft’s Largest Security Update Ever
by Richard on Oct.14, 2009, under Microsoft
Yesterday, Microsoft put their security professionals on overtime with their largest patch for Windows ever. On Tue, Oct 13, they posted in their Security Bulletin that 32 security vulenrabilities were addressed; of which, 12 that were less threatening. Among them were exploits for Active Template Library and Server Message Block v2 (SMB protocol). Some users even had a vulnerability to Microsoft File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) was vulnerable to hackers embedding malware and other miscellanious exploits in a veriety of images.
Microsoft researchers said they found no common thread between the various vulnerabilities, that they all just happened close to the same time.
