Microsoft, Adobe & Oracle Security Update

JAKARTA - Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle is scheduled to release a security update to address security vulnerabilities products.

Microsoft has released only one security bulletin to address a security vulnerability. Even so, Microsoft categorizes security vulnerabilities such as critical

"One of Microsoft's security vulnerabilities are affecting everything, from Windows 2000 to Windows 7, but in critical categories for Windows 2000."

"From the XP SP2 and later products, Microsoft has strengthened the heap memory with a memory heap protection strategy; this makes the security vulnerabilities are less of a problem for systems of more recent," he added

Adobe is also scheduled to release a security update. One of the updates that are expected to patch the security vulnerability critical zero-day and affecting the Acrobat Reader, which was first identified on December 14.

"We see this security vulnerability actively exploited by attackers," said Greenbaum.

"At the end of December this attack looks businesses rose sharply and then declined, but we still see attacks limited to such exploitation. It is possible that the type of exploitation is more reliable under development. "

Finally, Oracle is scheduled to release an advisory that addresses 24 security vulnerabilities as well as part of their quarterly security update.

Symantec strongly recommends users to patch their systems to address this security vulnerability. In addition, companies are encouraged to consider implementing a patch management solution automatically to help overcome these risks