Hackers targeting older versions of IE

Microsoft on 3rd November 2010 has warned that the older versions of IE (IE6, IE7) being targeted by the attackers with an exploit of a critical unpatched vulnerability. Microsoft spokesman has confirmed that they have identified the attacks on the older versions of Internet Explorer not have been identified sofar on Internet Explorer 8 and IE9 – which is still in beta.

IETips.net recommends all its users to upgrade to the latest version to avoid these vulnerabilities.