Patch beats website flaw

Dec 18 2008 by Andrew Mernin, The Journal

MICROSOFT was last night due to issue a patch to fix a security flaw believed to have affected as many as 10,000 websites.

The flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser could allow criminals to take control of people’s computers and steal passwords.

So far the vulnerability has affected only machines running Internet Explorer 7.

According to a senior security adviser, the flaw has so far been used to steal gaming passwords.