The concerning thing, though, is the security update aimed at Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Storms stresses, "On the OS side, bulletin one looks interesting because it only affects Windows7 and Vista. It's always a concern to see vulnerabilities in the most ."

Generally speaking, legacy operating systems and applications are affected by more vulnerabilities, and the impact of those vulnerabilities is more severe than on the more current operating systems and applications. It is out of the ordinary to have a vulnerability that only affects Windows 7 and Windows Vista--but it also makes sense. These newer operating systems are fundamentally and other predecessors, so they are bound to encounter issues that simply don't exist in the older platforms.

Consider this smaller Patch Tuesday a belated Independence Day gift from Microsoft, but don't take it too lightly.