IE phishing bug discovered, no one shocked

Remember how last week, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7, only to be greeted by reports the next day that the first vulnerability had been discovered? Well, it turns out that it was actually a vulnerability in Outlook that caused the loophole. Okay, well, I guess that's slightly less embarrassing for the house that Gates built. However, lest anyone think that Microsoft had somehow, accidentally shipped a bug-free product, reports of the first real IE7 bug are in--a scant six days after the launch of the new browser. And what's this? It appears that the new exploit is, of all things, a phishing scam. Are you scratching your head in confusion right now, asking "Didn't Microsoft boast that robust anti-phishing security was one of IE7's new features?" You shouldn't be. Let the game of cat and mouse commence!

To read up on the internet equivalent of Tom and Jerry:
- check out this ZDnet article