Microsoft have issued its largest ever batch of security patches yesterday. Essential fixes for a record 49 security holes have been released.
James Walter, manager of the McAfee Threat Intelligence Service said “The volume is indicative of a trend we are seeing among various software vendors. As the awareness of vulnerabilities increases, the number of patches get bigger as well.”
Joining Microsoft in mass patching is Adobe who last week pushed out critical patches for 23 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat for Windows, and Oracle who pushed out a whopping 81 patches.
The amount of patches is not just worrying it could slow down businesses. A security expert pointed out that “These updates will require a restart, shutting down computer systems for a period of time, in some instances, this can take up to 20 minutes.”
The large volume of Microsoft patches is also a sign of their aggressive approach in hunting down vulnerabilities and finding them before the hackers do. So rather Microsoft than a bitter geek locked in an attic with a row of MacBooks.
Source: techlive