Security Wire Digest, published by Information Security Magazine, reports that Microsoft may stop pussyfooting around on updates to its Windows operating system. In the wake of the worm that ripped through networks worldwide by exploiting a vulnerability for which a patch had been released more than three weeks before, the company is considering several plans to beef up security in its products which may automatically install patches on PCs.
Privacy advocates will have a problem with this, but it’s logical. Most folk don’t update properly, or even know they’re supposed to, although I wonder whether it may leave Microsoft vulnerable legally. It’s tantamount to saying ‘what we’re selling you isn’t safe unless you let us keep patching it.’