New vulnerability found in IE6

Ryan Naraine over at the Zero Day Blog “reports”:http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348 that a new vulnerability has been found in Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows XP with service pack 2 or 3:

bq. An unpatched cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft’s flagship Internet Explorer browser could expose Windows users to cookie hijacks and credentials theft attacks, according to a warning from security researchers.

At the moment, there is no patch:

bq. In the absence of a patch, IE users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to IE 7. Or, as always, consider using an “alternative browser”:http://spreadfirefox.com/.

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