If you are still running Internet Explorer 8 for whatever reason, there’s an unlatched bug that exists that allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on vulnerable machines via drive-by downloads or malicious attachments in email messages. Here’s the scary part. Microsoft knew about this in October of last year, but there is no patch for this as of yet. So HP disclosed this today via their Zero Day Initiative. So, one has to wonder why Microsoft has failed to patch this. That’s a very interesting question that as I type this has no answer.
My advice? Run some other browser such as Firefox or Chrome until this is fixed. Hopefully, this is fixed quickly.
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New Unpatched Bug In IE 8 Disclosed
If you are still running Internet Explorer 8 for whatever reason, there’s an unlatched bug that exists that allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on vulnerable machines via drive-by downloads or malicious attachments in email messages. Here’s the scary part. Microsoft knew about this in October of last year, but there is no patch for this as of yet. So HP disclosed this today via their Zero Day Initiative. So, one has to wonder why Microsoft has failed to patch this. That’s a very interesting question that as I type this has no answer.
My advice? Run some other browser such as Firefox or Chrome until this is fixed. Hopefully, this is fixed quickly.
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