October 2016 News and Updates
Updates Executive Summary - Microsoft released a total of 10 bulletins, most of which are rated critical and most of those can allow an attacker full access to a vulnerable computer remotely (remote code execution, or RCE). Once again, the first two bulletins address vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Edge (Edge is supposed to be a completely separate product from Internet Explorer, but the two seem to share a lot of similar vulnerabilities). Adobe has patched an impressive 81 vulnerabilities in it's product line (including Acrobat, Reader and Flash, most notably) with several of those listed as critical with successful exploitation leading to remote code execution. Microsoft - Microsoft released 10 bulletins this month (MS16-118 through MS16-127). Six of the 10 are rated critical, one is rated moderate (information disclosure)…