Summary: Windows does not reveal the full extent of its vulnerabilities, but Microsoft acknowledges that the number of holes (some very severe) increases to an all-time high

A COUPLE of days ago we wrote about Microsoft planning to break the record of most patches in a single day, which just comes to show that security gets worse -- not better -- at Microsoft. The company has already admitted that its flaws and fixed are occasionally hidden, so the following British reports [1, 2] ought to be taken with the knowledge that these are merely lower bounds:

Microsoft plans to push out a bumper crop of 16 bulletins - four critical - as part of the October edition of Patch Tuesday next week. The updates represent Microsoft's largest ever Patch Tuesday.

There are even more flaws that Microsoft is just not telling its customers about, whether they get patched this time or not. It's not just deceitful (in a self-serving way), but it also irresponsible. Microsoft should be forced never to lie about the numbers, but as it stands, they do not violate any such law (none exists). ⬆