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Microsoft issues patches, two are critical

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Yesterday, Microsoft released its monthly security patches that addressed eight vulnerabilities in the company's products, which included two for Exchange that were labeled as critical.

Some security experts warned the Exchange vulnerabilities could lead to active exploits because it did not require users to take any action for machines to be compromised, SCMagazineus.com reports.

According to one expert, a cybercriminal could send out an email with a malicious attachment and send it to anyone at the domain, states the article. If done right, the attachment would execute code directly on the server, all without human interaction with the message. This could lead to an "enterprise-wide compromise from one email."

SMBs and organizations may want to pay close attention to the possible Exchange vulnerabilities, given the rise of the Downandup/Conflicker worm initially started from machines that didn't install a patch released by Microsoft.

As of January 23rd, the Conflicker worm had infected an estimated 10 million PCs worldwide with many security experts expecting a dangerous second round of attacks that may be more devastating than the first, NetworkWorld.com reports.ADNFCR-1765-ID-19021093-ADNFCR

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