Yesterday was October Patch Tuesday. This time, Microsoft has 62 fixes being pushed. Brian Krebs has the lowdown on what is included with these new fixes. Always be sure to do Windows Updates and keep your system patched. An unpatched system is vulnerable to easy compromise.
Roughly half of the flaws Microsoft addressed this week are in the code that makes up various versions of Windows, and 28 of them were labeled “critical” — meaning malware or malicious attackers could use the weaknesses to break into Windows computers remotely with no help from users.