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Microsoft on Tuesday issued eight security updates to fix 23 security holes in its software, 10 of which are rated critical. Attackers have already used six vulnerabilities and four have a proof of concept or attack plan published. This marks the largest release of security patches since October 2008 and addresses issues in Windows, Internet Explorer, DirectX, Excel, Word and in the company’s security software. One of the four critical vulnerabilities that address issues with Internet Explorer is of particular concern, according to Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager for Symantec Security Response. “Vulnerability CVE-2009-0554 appears to be the easiest of the bunch to take advantage of by an attacker and also happens to be the one that requires the least amount of involvement by a user to exploit. An attacker can simply lure a victim into viewing a Web page that contains malicious content and that individual’s computer can then be taken over,” Greenbaum said. “This collection of Internet Explorer patches released today is a positive step, since the Web has become the primary conduit for attacks against end users. Many browser vulnerabilities, such as these announced by Microsoft, allow attackers to gain complete control over everything a user has permission to do on an exploited machine. You can imagine how dangerous this can be, especially if the user has administrator rights.” The Conficker Effect April’s monster Patch Tuesday release patches three of the four publicly known Microsoft security bulletins. The only remaining open bulletin from Microsoft at this point is PowerPoint, which just became public on April 2. “With all the recent media focus on Conficker, consumers are wondering if any of these new bugs could be used for the next Conficker-like worm. As it stands, April’s bugs are probably not a gateway to the new Conficker worm,” said Andrew Storms, director of security…
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