[Leaplist] IE Security Hole

[Ray Brunkow]

Its all over the internet.  the BBC and many other new agencies have it 
up on their main page.

Steve Litt wrote:
> 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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