Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix for IE Flaw

Summary: Microsoft released an emergency security update for a critical Internet Explorer flaw that was blamed in part for recent break-ins at Fortune 100 companies including Google and Adobe. Symantec reported hundreds of malicious or hacked websites serving code that exploits the flaw, and the patch also addresses seven other vulnerabilities.
What's compelling: This is a browse-to-a-hostile-site-and-quickly-have-a-bad-day flaw, and researchers say the exploit now works against IE7 and IE8, not just IE6 - so the browser version most Windows 7 users are running is in scope.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
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