Six security patches in November, says Microsoft

There will be six security updates come Patch Tuesday next week, according to Microsoft. This is less than half the number announced for October's Patch Tuesday, which with a grand total of 13 patches was the largest ever.

According to Computerworld, three out of the six security patches were listed as "critical." Four of them resolve problems with versions of Windows earlier than Windows 7; the remaining two will patch Microsoft Word and Excel.

Of particular note is that none of next Tuesday's security updates will affect the newly released Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This would appear to imply that whatever measures the Redmond-based company is using are succeeding in reducing the number of security bugs that gets introduced.

For more on this story:
- check out this article at InformationWeek
- check out this article at Computerworld

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