News surfaced recently about a potential security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, and yesterday it was confirmed by BBC News. There is, as the article mentions, a serious security hole in the browser that opens it up to hackers -- primarily targeting game account information at the moment. What's worse is this can happen without you even knowing it; many websites have been compromised since the vulnerability was discovered.
The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could allow criminals to
take control of people's computers and steal their passwords, internet
experts say.
Microsoft urged people to be vigilant while it investigated and prepared an emergency patch to resolve it.
Internet Explorer is used by the vast majority of the world's computer users.
"Microsoft is continuing its investigation of public reports of
attacks against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer," said the
firm in a security advisory alert about the flaw.
Microsoft says it has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said
the "underlying vulnerability" was present in all versions of the
browser.
Other browsers, such as Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, are not vulnerable to the flaw Microsoft has identified.
We strongly urge anyone who visits this website to switch over to Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, or Safari -- even if temporarily -- until this issue is resolved. Visiting any website can put you at risk.
