BREAKING ADVISORY

December 16, 2008: Microsoft has announced an out-of-cycle patch release for a critical, remote-code-execution, vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer (CVE-2008-4844). The patch, to be released on December 17, will address the vulnerability across multiple versions on Internet Explorer running on supported Windows platforms.

Cisco: Cyberattacks growing, looking more legit

December 15, 2008 (Network World) Internet-based cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and specialized as profit-driven criminals continue to hone their approaches to stealing data from businesses, employees and consumers, according to a report Cisco Systems Inc. released this week.