Microsoft revealed Tuesday it was investigating a previously unknown security flaw affecting all versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser. Hackers have attempted to exploit the vulnerability in targeted attacks on users of versions 8 and 9 of the browser, the company reported in a security advisory. “The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer,” the advisory says. Microsoft will offer a solution after it completes its probe.
When Adblock Plus, NoScript and Ghostery all work properly with IE, maybe then we can talk about IE being more secure than other browsers. Until that happens I find it hard to fathom how anyone could make that claim unless their salary was somehow being payed by Microsoft...
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Heavy Attacks Expected as Microsoft Scrambles to Fix IE Flaw
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. September 18, 2013 03:32 PMMicrosoft revealed Tuesday it was investigating a previously unknown security flaw affecting all versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser. Hackers have attempted to exploit the vulnerability in targeted attacks on users of versions 8 and 9 of the browser, the company reported in a security advisory. “The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer,” the advisory says. Microsoft will offer a solution after it completes its probe.