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Microsoft ships rush patch

On Monday, Microsoft issued an emergency patch for a critical bug that attackers have been exploiting for several weeks. The exploit targets Windows PCs that manage large-scale industrial-control systems. These control systems are often dubbed SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition).

The patch, which is available for all still-supported versions of Windows, including XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003, Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2, can be downloaded and installed via the Microsoft Update and Windows Update services, as well as through Windows Server Update Services.