Another IE/ActiveX bug!

It is always important to keep abreast of current risk vulnerabilities. This article has quite a few pointers for more information on  this new ActiveX Control exploit. Click here to go to the Microsoft article on how to protect yourself.

Computerworld Security reports that this bug was reported 18 months ago to Microsoft and they are now scrambling to fix this problem.

In the security advisory it issued yesterday, Microsoft credited a pair of researchers -- Ryan Smith and Alex Wheeler -- with reporting the bug. Smith and Wheeler once worked together at IBM's ISS X-Force, although Wheeler now is at Texas-based 3Com's TippingPoint DVLabs.

The way to protect yourself is to switch browsers. A lot of you are already using browsers like Firefox, Opera, Chrome or Safari.

Microsoft has promised to patch Windows and IE but hasn’t committed to a delivery date as of yet. Its next regularly-scheduled security updates will be released on July 14.