Open source firm releases patch for IE
Found on The Age on Thursday, 18 December 2003
An open source and freeware software development web site has released a patch to fix the URL spoofing vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by scammers who try to trick people into revealing details of online banking accounts or other private information.
Openwares.org, a Vaunatian company, with branches in Israel, the US and France, released the patch and the source code for the same a couple of days back.
The company has also set up two pages where users can test to see if they are vulnerable to the exploit, one a fake Microsoft Update example and the other an example of a fake PayPal site.
I wonder what Redmond thinks about that. Not only did a 3rd party company release a patch first, but an open source company. Perhaps their patch will then remove this one? Who knows...