Hackers Move Fast To Exploit Just-Patched Ie Bug

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Hackers move fast to exploit just-patched IE bug

Just three days after Microsoft patched 11 bugs in Internet Explorer (IE), hackers are exploiting one of those vulnerabilities, a security company said Friday.

Microsoft fixed the flaw Tuesday in an 11-patch update for IE. That update was part of a larger Patch Tuesday roll-out that quashed 34 bugs in 16 separate security bulletins. Most security experts had put the IE update at the top of their priority lists, and urged Windows users to deploy it as soon as possible.

Today, Symantec reported that CVE 2011-1255 -- its assigned ID in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database -- is already being abused.

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