Microsoft Updates Highlight Trend of Web-Based Malware

August 16th, 2007

Get ready to roll up your sleeves. If you are in the I.T. department, you are going to be busy for a while. On Patch Tuesday yesterday, Microsoft issued its second-largest set of updates this year with nine security bulletins altogether.The updates fix 14 vulnerabilities. Eight bugs are rated critical, four are rated important, and two are considered moderate. The patches fix holes in Windows, Windows Gadgets, Windows Media Player, Office, Excel, Internet Explorer, Visual Basic, Virtual Server, and Virtual PC.

“Many of the vulnerabilities addressed by Microsoft’s fixes could be exploited if a Windows user simply visits a malicious Web site,” said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee Avert Labs. “Microsoft’s patches again underline the trend of malware writers seeking out the Web browser as a means of attack and reinforce the need of safe browsing habits.”

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