Wow, a pretty busy month for patches

Microsoft Patches:

Three patches for Microsoft Office for Mac and PC, some of the exploits allow a user to gain complete control of your machine… Check out http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-US for updates.  Pretty much, sparing the technical detail, if you open an attachment that is a word document or excel spreadsheet and this exploit is included, they will take advantage of your computer for data.

Another exploit involves users that have Microsoft Web Servers using WebDav, which is a type of security on web servers.  This exploit allows a hacker to run code against your webserver and it gives them access to be able to have a chance, not guarenteed, but to have a chance to password crack some secured folders…  Simply put, if you are not running a Microsoft web server, then don’t worry about this one.

Next, if you have a computer on a domain (server environment) you will want to follow the link above in the first paragraph to get patches…. A hacker or automated program from an email can push code to your computer to gain complete control of your machine by pretending to be a server.  This is important to patch and you will have no worries if you knock this out right away.  Other patches include smaller issues that gain partial or some limited access to files on your computer.

Finally, Internet Explorer has some major updates that prevent a hacker or automated program from gaining control of your computer… That pretty much concludes patches for all major Microsoft applications.

Adobe Acrobat

Intresting enough, Adobe has another major patch for people who use Adobe Acrobat reader and regular Acrobat.  Check out http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows for Windows updates and http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh for Mac updates for Adobe Acrobat Reader and regular Acrobat.  If you use PDF files, you use Acrobat; these patches cover 13 updates and exploits that are ranging from light to critical fixes.