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Microsoft will issue its biggest ever security update on 13 October. The update will include 13 bulletins that between them tackle 34 vulnerabilities. Microsoft said that eight of the bulletins were rated as critical – the most serious sort of vulnerability.

The security patches will close loopholes in many different programs including different editions of Windows, Internet Explorer and some elements of Office. One update, rated as critical, tackles a loophole in Internet Explorer 8 running under Windows 7. The next version of Microsoft’s operating system is due to be released on 22 October.

A reminder to patch your desktop/servers, Microsoft are set to announce some important updates this month, do check out the technet article to see which of your systems/applications are in scope, and remember to test the patch affect on your development/UAT systems before applying to production/customer facing systems.

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