Microsoft patches major Internet Explorer security flaw, even for Windows XP by Kif Leswing.
From the post:
Microsoft has patched a major Internet Explorer browser security flaw, the company announced in a blog post Thursday. Notably, the patch will be pushed out to Windows XP machines, which Microsoft had said it would stop supporting on April 8.
Here is the sequence of events as I understand them:
- Microsoft announces the bug. No fixes for XP.
- Department of Homeland Security says: “Don’t Use Internet Explorer!”
- Microsoft announces a patch for the bug, including XP.
All in less than a week.
Should we be reporting security bugs to DHS and not US-CERT?
Seems like DHS has found a way to get bugs fixed.
Yes?