Have you patched up your Windows?

Have you patched up your Windows systems? Well, only licensed users can do it up!

Check out: http://bit.ly/9C3E6x

 

Microsoft today issued a record 14 security updates to patch a record-tying 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Silverlight.
Of the 34 flaws, Microsoft rated 14 as "critical," the highest threat ranking in the firm's four-step scoring system. Seventeen were pegged as "important," and three were labeled as "moderate."

And Microsoft site for the details:http://bit.ly/ah0NnJ

 

Today we released fourteen security bulletins

 

. Eight have a maximum severity rating of Critical with the other six having a maximum severity rating of Important. Furthermore, six of the fourteen bulletins either do not affect the latest version of our products or affect them with reduced severity. We hope that the table below helps you prioritize the deployment of the updates appropriately for your environment.

Microsoft

 

rated all those vulnerabilities with a "1" on the exploitability index.

Looks like a SysAdmin's nightmare!! In the Indian Govt context, those entrusted to take care and be responsible for huge IT infrastructures, with most machines on Windows platforms (licenses??? - who heard of them!!) can only pray! :-/