Microsoft confirmed yesterday the existence of a gap is not fixed yet, following the gap of the type (0-day) discovered by the company competent in information security (FireEye) via its engineers , and they announced it last Friday , where they target browsers Microsoft, according to the company , the reform of this gap will be today through the security patching Microsoft 's monthly Patch Tuesday.
Vulnerability serious ranked in the box (0-day) , which means the exploitation of vulnerabilities in software through the gaps security private non- known of them to the public or even developers to launch attacks electronic and are often exploit these gaps and even shared between hackers before they discover those developed for the affected software .
First discovered following engineers gap is the security company FireEye last Friday by Microsoft to confirm it yesterday , the gap targeting browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7 and 8 on Windows XP operating system , and also the browser Internet Explorer 8 on a system running Windows 7. According to the discoverers following the serious gap simple change will make it possible to carry out attacks against the Alahaktin versions of the browser Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10.
And to that, Microsoft announced that today is the launch date of patching security monthly Patch Tuesday , which will carry the solution to this loophole , has advised the company its customers to follow some standards necessary protection firewall and activate security updates constantly , and install anti-virus and spyware -mail without forgetting the lack of pressure on the links or open suspicious e-mails from unknown senders .
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