On Patch Tuesday this month Microsoft will release a security patch that addresses a whopping 13 different issues.  Of these 8 are considered critical by Microsoft.  These issues cover Microsoft Vista Microsoft server 2008 and even the yet unreleased Windows 7.

One of the most critical to many organizations that use Microsoft Servers is one that closes a exploitable issue in Microsoft IIS  FTP services that allows Denial of Services attacks against the server.

Another of the fixes in this update package closes a hole in Windows 7 that allows an attacker to take complete control of the computer.

The Windows 7 issue is particularly disturbing as it seems to continue the heritage of Windows XP and Windows Vista with security issues that compromise the integrity of the operating system

Of course we strongly recommend the installation of these critical patches AFTER a full backup of the system to provide a regression path if the patches create other operation issues as is sometimes the case with Microsoft patches.