There is a flaw in IE that could allow criminals to hack into your computer and steal your passwords. Yeah that is what you call a serious flaw! The flaw was detected in IE7 but Microsoft says it is a vulnerability in all versions of the web surfing software that a majority of the world’s web users still use. Apparently hackers found the vulnerability before Microsoft did which is not good. This flaw has already compromised over 10,000 sites since its discovery.

Here are a few articles that explain the situation well

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hackers-Compromise-Legit-Web-Sites-to-Target-Microsoft-IE-Flaw/
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123338

This week Microsoft Livelabs released a service called Thumbtack which allows you to save and share web snippets of things you want from around the web.

According to the site you can:

• collect a list of your favorite restaurants and share them with your friends
• plan a trip- collect information about places to stay and things to do
• research your next purchase- store, analyze and sift through your options in thumbtack
• take notes and share them with your team

This service is free and here is the website for the service which has a video you can watch to find out more information about it.

Exploit code was found in IE7 allowing a zero-day attack. Microsoft has released an advisory Here about the attack. According to the report, “Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution”.

Here is a quote from the report:

“Microsoft is investigating new public reports of attacks against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Our investigation so far has shown that these attacks are against Windows Internet Explorer 7 on supported editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Server 2008.”

To learn more about this vulnerability check out PCMag Blog.