83

83 WHAT?

In the last 45 days or so we know that Microsoft has patched 83 flaws in it's Internet Explorer; and that's a LOT of patching [59 of those were last month's total]. Microsoft wants everyone to use Internet Explorer as their main gateway to the Internet, but for some reason they can't get it right.

24 IE updates were from this Tuesday's Microsoft patch day, and take particular note if you are using Firefox, Opera, Safari, or any Internet Explorer under 10 - go directly, immediately to Adobe and update your FLASH to avoid a terrible credential stealing flaw. Stop reading this and do it now.

Taking a quote from an article by Gregg Keizer:

"This issue is definitely in the wild with public exploit code," warned Ross Barrett, senior manager of security engineering at Rapid7, in an email. "Flash users should patch immediately."

'Nuff Said,
Brian