Microsoft ready to implement 11 new security updates

Microsoft is planning to introduce 11 new security updates, four are rated critical for its products. The patches will fix critical security bugs in Windows Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Excel and the Microsoft Host Integration Server. The critical Active Directory bug affects Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, but not other versions of Windows.

The Microsoft Active Protections Program, (MAPP) and something called the Exploitability Index will be the new to implement in micrososft security.

The MAPP program gives security vendors an edge on writing protection against new attacks by offering them an early peek at the bugs that Microsoft will be patching each month. The program is designed to help Microsoft’s security partners avoid a mad scramble as they figure out how attackers might exploit the latest Microsoft flaws. October marks the first time that companies have been given this early information.

The Exploitability Index should make it easier for customers to decide which patches to install first by giving Windows users a better idea of which bugs Microsoft finds most worrying. The index, which will be published with Microsoft’s security bulletins next week, will separate the flaws that will simply cause a system crash from more serious bugs that could be used to give attackers control of a victim’s machine.

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