ANTenna Blog -- Security

Microsoft has released the patch that closes an Internet Explorer vulnerability that's been exploited hundreds of thousands of times in the last few days. Mozilla has patched more than a dozen Firefox problems, many of them critical. Time to get Patching!

Microsoft's Internet Explorer patch fixes a vulnerability that has had JavaScript exploits spreading wildly other past week.

This a rare instance of Microsoft releasing a patch on a day other than its regularly scheduled Patch Tuesdays, and indication of how serious the vulnerability was -- and especially how aggressively the hole was being exploited.

The security bulletin with links to various IE version patches is here.

Patch all machines running IE now.

Meanwhile, rival browser-maker Mozilla released 13 patches for its Firefox browser. Nearly half of the patches are labeled critical, including one that closes a JavaScript-vulnerable hole that could render computers prey to malware.

The patched version of Firefox is 3.0.5; this is the only version you should be running.

Firefox 3.0.5 can be downloaded here.

Patch all machines running Firefox now.

Now.