"Microsoft Corp released a free software update yesterday to close vulnerabilities that left users of its Internet Explorer browser open to attacks by hackers. The security breach, discovered last week, made it possible for users of Microsoft's ubiquitous Web browser to have their passwords and private account information stolen when they logged on to banking sites," reports The Washington Post.
"Microsoft's update turns off a function within the Windows operating system instead of repairing the flaw in that function. Stephen Toulouse, security program manager in Microsoft's Security Response Center, said the company is working on a patch to fix that vulnerability."
Comment: The update is available from http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/download_ject.mspx.
