Microsoft warns of new zero-day exploit for Internet Explorer

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Microsoft has posted a new warning about an exploit that affects its Internet Explorer browser.  The zero-day vulnerability, which is already being exploited in the wild, allows for malicious users to install malware on a vulnerable machine. According to CRN.com, the vulnerable “systems include Internet Explorer 6 ...

Adobe won’t patch public zero-day exploit until Jan 12

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Adobe is set to release a patch in their next quarterly security update that will address a zero-day exploit. The exploit has already been publicly released and can infect users through javascript in Adobe Acrobat and Reader version 9.2 and lower, mentioned in the Security Advisory - APSA09-07. Adobe has addressed ...

Microsoft investigating zero-day Windows 7 hole

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Microsoft confirmed to Cnet News that it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 that could be used by a malicious attacker to remotely crash PCs. The software giant is looking into claims of a "possible denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Server Message Block ...