Largest Patch Tuesday on Record

As expected, we have a large release from Microsoft covering 15 bulletins, 9 of which are critical. This will be a disruptive Patch Tuesday given the broad range of products impacted and the required restarts. Initial priorities should always be the 9 critical vulnerabilities followed by the remaining balance of important and moderate patches. 
August Critical bulletins:

MS10-046 Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution
MS10-049 Vulnerabilities in SChannel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
MS10-051 Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution
MS10-052 Vulnerability in Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Codecs Could Allow Remote Code Execution
MS10-053 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
MS10-054 Vulnerabilities in SMB Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution
MS10-055 Vulnerability in Cinepak Codec Could Allow Remote Code Execution
MS10-056 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution
MS10-060 Vulnerabilities in the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime and in Microsoft Silverlight Could Allow Remote Code Execution

The balance of patches, while not critical, should not be ignored in today’s environment where more often than not lesser impact vulnerabilities are combined together to provide a greater chance of success for cyber criminals.
Complete details on the Microsoft release can be found here
While the spotlight is on Microsoft today, let us not forget that Microsoft does not have any “exclusive” on software vulnerabilities. While no one can dispute that the patch load for Microsoft this Patch Tuesday (continue reading...)