By Ishbel Macleod

Over the weekend, Microsoft warned of “targeted attacks that attempt to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer”.

Warning users of the vulnerability, Microsoft said that an attacker could host a specially crafted website and then convince a user to view the website.

The company said: “An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new Read full story ›

Source: The Drum