[Leaplist] IE Security Hole

[Steve Litt]

URL please?

I'd like to forward this to some other people.

Thanks

SteveT

On Tuesday 16 December 2008 11:11:29 pm Ram K. Singh wrote:
> Serious security flaw found in IE
>
> Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being
> urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has
> been fixed.
> The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could allow criminals
> to take control of people's computers and steal their passwords,
> internet experts say.
> Microsoft urged people to be vigilant while it investigated and prepared an
> emergency patch to resolve it. Internet Explorer is used by the vast
> majority of the world's computer users.
>
>
>
> "Microsoft is continuing its investigation of public reports of
> attacks against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer," said the
> firm in a security advisory alert about the flaw.
> Microsoft says it has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said
> the "underlying vulnerability" was present in all versions of the
> browser.
> Other browsers, such as Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, are not vulnerable
> to the flaw Microsoft has identified.

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