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Monday review: the hot 18 stories of the week

by Anna Brading on September 24, 2012 | Leave a comment
Monday review: the hot 18 stories of the week

It's weekly summary time.

Here's everything we've written in the last seven days.

Emergency security patch issued by Microsoft to squash Internet Explorer zero day exploit

by Graham Cluley on September 21, 2012 | 3 Comments
Emergency security patch issued by Microsoft to squash Internet Explorer zero day exploit

Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle security update to protect Internet Explorer users against a vulnerability that was being exploited by malicious hackers.

Threat level goes HIGH, as Microsoft readies fix for critical Internet Explorer security hole

by Graham Cluley on September 19, 2012 | 5 Comments
Threat level goes HIGH, as Microsoft readies fix for critical Internet Explorer security hole

Experts at SophosLabs have raised their threat level to "High" in response to an as-yet unpatched security vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

German Government tells all users of Internet Explorer.. to stop NOW

by Graham Cluley on September 18, 2012 | 11 Comments
German Government tells all users of Internet Explorer.. to stop NOW

The German government is clearly taking the latest critical security problem in Internet Explorer seriously, publicly urging all users to stop browsing the web with the Microsoft product until a patch is available.

Microsoft advisory: Internet Explorer zero day affects most Windows versions

by Paul Roberts on September 18, 2012 | 8 Comments
Microsoft advisory: Internet Explorer zero day affects most Windows versions

A newly discovered and serious security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser affects a wide swath of the company’s Windows and Internet Explorer installations, according to a Security Advisory released by the company late Monday.

New IE zero day exploit circulating, used to install Poison Ivy

by Paul Roberts on September 17, 2012 | 17 Comments
New IE zero day exploit circulating, used to install Poison Ivy

The gang behind that recent Java zero day attacks apparently hasn't packed up for the season. A researcher examining one of the servers used to launch attacks on vulnerable Java installations said he found a new zero day exploit for Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser.