HERE‘S THE INTERNET EXPLORER ’FAST SPREADING’ MALICIOUS BUG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Of the many Web browsers available to conduct your daily online activity, do you use Internet Explorer? If so, a German government agency overseeing IT safety is warning of a security breach in Microsoft’s browser and recommending people use a different one until the problem is fixed.

The browser’s “weak point is already being used for targeted attacks,” the Federal Office for Information Security warned, adding that the code behind the attack is freely available online and might therefore spread rapidly.

A spokesman for Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday the company is aware of the issue and is working on soon rolling out a software update, a so-called patch, to fix the browser’s security features.

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