Microsoft releases temporary fix for zero-day browser bug

Microsoft released a temporary Fix It solution patch overnight to address a serious security issue affecting the company’s Internet Explorer web browser, which is currently being actively exploited by malware writers.

The response communications group manager of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing department, Dustin Childs, wrote in a security advisory that the company only has reports of a limited number of targetted attacks against Internet Explorer 8 and 9.