Topic: Microsoft to fix IE8 zero-day flaw on Patch Tuesday

[Simon]

Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday will include a fix for a recently discovered zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer 8 that has been used to attack several high-profile targets.

The company said it would fix 33 unique vulnerabilities in two critical bulletins and eight updates rated 'important', and has rushed out a patch for a hole that was first seen last week being used by hackers targeting US government workers.

"The Critical-rated bulletins address issues in Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer," said Dustin Childs, group manager for Microsoft Trustworthy Computing in a blog post.

"Of note, we are working to have the Internet Explorer Security Update address the issue described in Security Advisory 2847140, supplementing the currently available Fix it."

The vulnerability allows attackers to run code on target machines, with the aim of extracting account details or confidential data.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/381748/microsoft-to-fix-ie8-zero-day-flaw-on-patch-tuesday#ixzz2T4UgTK00

[Clive]

Let's hope the idiots don't cock it up yet again.   Last month the updates prevented hundreds of thousands of computers  from booting up.

[Simon]

Indeed, and the solution was to do a system restore. 

[Clive]

Just noticed that the last set of updates turned on automatic updates which I've now switched back off.  That's not the first time that has happened!

[Simon]

They're out to get you! 

[Clive]

I'm paranoid enough already!