<p>Users of Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office productivity suite may have to brace for no less than 14 software updates this coming week.</p><p>Some of the updates are for flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, which if unpatched could let an attacker hijack a victim's machine, PC World reported.</p><p>Quoting Ken Pickering, director of engineering at CORE Security, PC World said the IE bulletin marked critical is the most important to apply "because it affects the most widely-used application and requires a restart."</p><p>The other patches include three critical bulletins for SharePoint, Windows XP, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010.</p><p><a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/325759/scitech/technology/microsoft-readies-to-roll-out-14-patches-this-week">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=287957A9-F59C-6821-F08D6A7E17134816">Admins work overtime as Microsoft fixes Office with bumper 7 patches</a> (IDG News Service)</p><p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242156/Microsoft_to_patch_dangerous_Outlook_hack_by_preview_bug_next_week?source=rss_keyword_gregg+keizer&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fs%2Ffeed%2Fkeyword%2FGreggKeizer+(Gregg+Keizer+articles+-+Computerworld)">Microsoft to patch dangerous Outlook hack-by-preview bug next week</a> (Computerworld (blog))</p><p><a href="http://grahamcluley.com/2013/09/critical-security-patches/">Critical security patches from Microsoft are around the corner</a> (Graham Cluley Security News)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dfU0zwhtlsKblzMuKOKlKl8T4LUSM&ned=us">21 additional articles.</a></p>