Microsoft released their critical security patch for the VML security bug in Internet Explorer. Last week, researchers from Sunbelt Software (makers of CounterSpy) discovered that the VML handling flaw was already being used by some malicious sites to install trojans and downloaders to visitors’ computers. Sunbelt and others released some quick patches, which basically involved [...]

ZDNet reports that an unpatched security bug in Internet Explorer is already being exploited to install malicious software. The quote Ken Dunham of VeriSign’s iDefense saying that fully patched versions of IE are vulnerable. The ZDNet article also reports that Microsoft plans to fix the hole in its October 10th “Patch Tuesday,” its once-a-month release [...]