Microsoft's Out-of-Band IE Patch: A Little Too Late?
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| The company ships an out-of-cycle fix to help thwart a rash of
| zero-day malware attacks, but some security experts say the bulk of
| the damage has already been done.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2020889,00.asp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5377802.stm
"Microsoft is /considering/ the early release of a fix for a bug in Internet
Explorer that malicious hackers are actively exploiting online."
Meanwhile:
Russian sites using new IE bug to install spyware
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| This is the second unpatched flaw found in IE over the past week. On
| Sept. 14, researchers posted code that could be used to exploit a
| different vulnerability in a multimedia component of the Web browser.
| Microsoft is still investigating that flaw and is not saying whether it
| too will be patched next month.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003446&source=rss_news50
http://tinyurl.com/edfdw
IE Exploit Could Soon Be Used By 10,000-plus Sites
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| First reported by Florida-based Sunbelt Software Tuesday, the bug has
| already been used to compromise PCs and load them with scores of adware
| and spyware programs, as well as other malicious code. Users surfing with
| IE 6 and earlier can be infected simply by viewing the wrong site.
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http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/193004128;jsessionid=QXNCAQ0RB3TRYQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN
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