Seriously?! More Vulnerabilities?

Right, listen up. Apparently, some clowns over at Microsoft are STILL letting shit slip through in their updates. This month’s patch Tuesday is a goddamn mess of 76 vulnerabilities. SEVENTY-SIX! Like they don’t have enough people getting paid to test this crap?

The worst of it, as if there *isn’t* a worst of it, is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw in the Windows Graphics Component. Meaning some script kiddie can probably own your system just by showing you a pretty picture. Fantastic. There’s also a bunch of stuff in Exchange Server – because why fix things properly when you can just keep slapping bandages on a gaping wound? And, naturally, there’s a heap of elevation-of-privilege nonsense.

They claim they fixed some vulnerabilities reported by researchers, which is nice, I guess. But honestly, it feels like playing whack-a-mole with security holes. Patch. Reboot. Repeat ad nauseam. Don’t even get me STARTED on the fact that a lot of this stuff requires admin rights to exploit…like *that’s* going to stop anyone determined.

So, yeah. Update your systems. Now. Before some idiot ruins your week. And maybe start questioning why you’re still using Windows in the first place. Just a thought. Don’t bother asking me for help; I’m busy being annoyed.

Source: SANS ISC Diary – Seriously, Go Patch

Related Anecdote: Back in ’08, I had a user who refused to patch their machine because “it slowed down Solitaire.” Solitaire! Ended up with a botnet client and nearly took down half the network. Some people are beyond saving. Honestly.

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