Zero-Day Exploit - Now is a good time to be scared!

If you're concerned about the confidentiality of information you enter on the Internet, take a few minutes and read these articles:

• Microsoft IIS attacks happen on client side
  
• New Scam Targets Bank Customers
  
• Microsoft teams have confirmed a report of a security issue
  

Now, go back and look closely at the dates. The report of the vulnerability was on June 24, 2004. The Microsoft information on the vulnerability was on June 24, 2004. Subtract those 2 dates to get the difference and you get ZERO!

Now is a good time to be scared!

Ah, but Microsoft just released a bunch of patches didn't they? Surely BillG would have put out a patch for this. Think again while you read this.

There's some help for IE users worried about last month's Download.Ject security scare, but you are going to have to wait for a comprehensive fix.

Now is a good time to be really scared!