It’s déjà vu all over again. After a mind-blowing 59 separate vulnerabilities were patched in Internet Explorer last month, the Microsoft Web browser is hogging the spotlight again in July.

As predicted last week, Microsoft published six new security bulletins for the July Patch Tuesday, and only two of them are rated as Critical. There are also three Important, and one Moderate security bulletin this month. The two Critical security bulletins are a cumulative update for Internet Explorer and a patch for an issue with Windows Journal that could allow an attacker to execute malicious code remotely on the vulnerable system. The Important security bulletins address flaws with the on-screen keyboard, ancillary function driver (AFD) and DirectShow, and the Moderate security bulletin deals with a potential denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Service Bus.

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