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Patch Tuesday: Internet Explorer needs critical patches, again

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In a very light set of monthly security bulletins, Microsoft will issue just one that it’s ranking critical and it involves Internet Explorer.

If left unpatched, the browser is subject to attacks that execute malicious code on victim machines, so getting the updates to patch it is important, says Ross Barrett, a security engineer at Rapid7. “This will be the top patching priority for this month,” he says.

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Windows 8.1. Update required for future Windows 8.1, Server 2012 R2 security patches

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