
Microsoft customers should brace for <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6081634.html?tag=nl.e589">an onslaught of security updates.</A> As part of a monthly patching cycle, the software maker plans to release on Tuesday a dozen security bulletins with fixes for flaws. Nine of the bulletins address problems in Windows, two relate to Office and one to the Exchange email server software. At least one of the Windows and one of the Office alerts is deemed "critical," Microsoft's highest risk rating, the company said in a notice posted on its Web site Thursday.