sourceHackers are intensifying their attacks on Internet Explorer users, increasing the chances that Microsoft will patch a critical flaw in the software ahead of its regularly scheduled 10 October security update.
On Sunday, hackers released sample code showing how to exploit the IE flaw on a fully patched version of Windows XP, a move that security experts believe will step up the attacks. Criminals have been taking advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in cPanel software, widely used by web hosting providers, to install the IE malware on servers.
The Microsoft bug has to do with the way IE processes web-based graphics code written in the Vector Markup Language (VML). It was first reported Monday 18 September by researchers at Sunbelt Software, who found that attackers were exploiting this vulnerability on a number of pornographic websites.
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