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From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, Former About.com Guide to Network Security

Internet Explorer Hit With Zero day Exploit

Saturday August 20, 2005
The world is still scrambling to apply the patch for the plug-and-play vulnerability outlined in Critical Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039 and rebound from the Zotob worm which exploits that vulnerability, but it's not time to relax yet. On Thursday Secunia published a Security Advisory related to a zero day exploit which affects the Internet Explorer web browser. For more details about the zero day exploit of msdss.dll and what you can do to protect yourself, read this article: Zero Day Exploit Hits Internet Explorer.
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