Microsoft slates 12 patches for next week

February 8, 2008 by Shanmuga  
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"Microsoft Corp. announced today that it will release a dozen security updates next week, matching the patch record set a year ago. Seven of the 12 will be tagged with the company’s highest threat ranking. "There’s not a Windows shop anywhere in the world that won’t need to deploy at least one of these patches," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security Inc. And most everyone will be taking all 12."
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Adobe, Apple Issue Security Updates

February 8, 2008 by Shanmuga  
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"Adobe has released an update to its free Adobe Reader application that corrects more than two dozen bugs, including several security holes. Separately, Apple this week pushed out a patch to plug a single security vulnerability in its iPhoto application.
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