Microsoft issues emergency patch to fix serious Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonDec 20, 2018, 4:49 am311 pts
Microsoft has issued an emergency, out-of-band patch for an Internet Explorer zero-day that was being actively exploited in targeted attacks. The company says that it learned about the vulnerability through a report from Google. CVE-2018-8653 affects a range of versions of Internet Explorer from 9 to 11, across…

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