Home Business IT Security Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 26 vulnerabilities
Get all your tech news delivered to your mail box five days a week
iTWire UPDATE - it's FREE!


The other critical bulletins concern Remote Desktop Protocol (affects Windows XP) and Exchange's WebReady document viewing feature (Exchange 2007, 2010).

August's important bulletins affect Windows and Office. A kernel-mode driver vulnerability affects Windows 7, Vista, XP, and Server 2003 and 2008, while flaws in the JScript and VBScript engines need patching on the 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, and Server 2003 and 2008 (including Itanium versions).

The affected versions of Office are 2007 and 2010, plus Visio 2010 and Visio Viewer 2010.

Microsoft has also released an update that restricts the use of certificates with RSA keys of less than 1024 bits, and re-released a July bulletin for XML Core Services to add support for version 5.0.

The previous release only covered XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0,

The customary update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool was also released, along with multiple updates for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 to address various non-security issues, and update rollups for Small Business Server 2011, Home Server 2011, Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION REPORT 2013

HIRE OR FIRE? BUY OR BUILD

2013 is well underway and Australian companies need to know whether they should invest in IT skills training or pay a premium for the people they need.

If you want to know which choices are being made in your sector, what skills are hard to find, which sectors intend to hire or fire and where the IT spend is going, this free report is must have.

GET YOUR REPORT NOW

Stephen Withers

joomla visitors

Stephen Withers is one of Australia¹s most experienced IT journalists, having begun his career in the days of 8-bit 'microcomputers'. He covers the gamut from gadgets to enterprise systems. In previous lives he has been an academic, a systems programmer, an IT support manager, and an online services manager. Stephen holds an honours degree in Management Sciences, a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies, and is a senior member of the Australian Computer Society.

Connect

http://bs.serving-sys.com/BurstingPipe/adServer.bs?cn=tf&c=19&mc=imp&pli=5460041&PluID=0&ord=[2000]&rtu=-1