Microsoft confirms exploit in Internet Explorer 8

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

Internet Explorer 8 is still the most-used version of Microsoft's web browser family, according to data from Net Applications. Late Friday, Microsoft posted word that it had discovered an exploit in the browser but noted the issue issue does not appear to affect any other versions. Microsoft's Security blog states the exploit could ...

IE10 now updates in the background like the rest of the browsers, by default.

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012



Unpatched Microsoft security vulnerability being actively exploited

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

An unpatched critical security vulnerability in Microsoft's software, which means that users' computers can become infected simply by visiting a website with Internet Explorer, is being actively exploited by cybercriminals. Alongside last week's regular Patch Tuesday announcement (including a remote code execution vulnerability that is being exploited by attackers ...

Security tool uncovers multiple bugs in every browser

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Browser security specialist Michal Zalewski believes that Chinese hackers have long been aware of a security vulnerability in Internet Explorer which has only recently come to public attention. It is believed that this vulnerability could be exploited to infect computers, though current efforts have succeeded only in provoking crashes. The ...

Vulnerability in Internet Explorer could allow remote code execution

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To view the security advisory, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx Two Fix it solutions are available: Fix it solution for peer factory in iepeers.dll - We have created an application compatibility ...