MICROSOFT DELAYS PATCH TOOL, CHALLENGES CISCO

摘要

Last week was a busy one for business-technology and security professionals defending computer systems and networks that run Microsoft applications and operating systems. They had to deal with software patches, cleanup tools, and newly discovered security holes. They also got details on Microsoft's network-security initiative—and disappointing news about another delay in a patch-management tool that promises to work with a variety of the vendor's products. Microsoft issued seven security bulletins with a total of 21 software patches, including two rated as critical. One of the vulnerabilities, a buffer overflow within Windows Task Scheduler, could let an attacker take over an unpatched system.