"Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software's handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable," reports CNet
"The critical flaw has to do with how Microsoft's operating systems and other software process the widely used JPEG image format and could let attackers create an image file that would run a malicious program on a victim's computer as soon as the file is viewed. Because the software giant's Internet Explorer browser is vulnerable, Windows users could fall prey to an attack just by visiting a Web site that has affected images. "
At the same time;
"Microsoft Internet Explorer is continuing to lose share in the browser market, as its much-smaller competitors chisel at its dominant position, new Web site visitor data shows," reports Eweek
"Microsoft's browser has dropped by 1.8 percentage points over the past three months to 93.7 percent of the market, according to data provided Wednesday by Web analytics vendor WebSideStory Inc. "
Comment: The constant surprise about IE - well, it used to be a surprise, anyway - is that it is losing just 1% market share a month in the face of these vast flaws.
A few days ago I reported Intel's "death of the internet" claims . The system couldn't take it and the web might collapse, they warned. But on a far more immediate level, something like this browser weakness has far more potential to trash the internet.
