Microsoft slates 12 patches for Feb 12th, 2008

Microsoft Corp. announced today that it will release a dozen security updates next week, matching the patch record set a year ago. Seven of the 12 will be tagged with the company's highest threat ranking.

"There's not a Windows shop anywhere in the world that won't need to deploy at least one of these patches," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security Inc. And most everyone will be taking all 12."

The tally matches the most delivered in any month during 2007 -- that was February as well -- and greatly outnumbers the two Microsoft handed over last month.