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Unpatched Microsoft bugs raise red flags.

Microsoft has released its security updates for the month of September, but a couple of unpatched flaws have some security experts wondering if the software company will be forced to release an emergency patch sometime in the month ahead.

Security researchers believe that an unpatched flaw in the SMB (Server Message Block) 2 software that ships with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 could turn into a major headache.

Related article: Fuzzing Snags a Serious Flaw in Windows.

Vulnerability hunters increasingly rely on "fuzzing", a technique that tries to break programs with pseudo-random inputs.

-- Tom