December 13, 2002

Microsoft again ups risk rating on IE flaw InfoWorld - FOR THE SECOND time this month Microsoft will raise the risk rating on a flaw affecting Internet Explorer (IE) after experts told the company it underrated the issue. The cumulative patch announced in MS02-0 66 provided all previously released fixes for IE 5.01, IE 5.5 and IE 6.0 and patched six other new vulnerabilities. To exploit the PNG vulnerability, an attacker would have to lure a user to a Web site hosting a deliberately malformed PNG file, Microsoft said. According to eEye, an e-mail-based attack is also possible. 1:39:17 PM

Iraqi dossier 'full of holes' BBC - A preliminary report by the United States on Iraq's weapons dossier has found the declaration to be full of omissions, US media report. 10:59:08 AM

The Kids Next Door Child Prostitution Trend Grows ABC News - When the man who would become Jill Leighton's pimp first approached her, she was scavenging for food in a Cincinnati shopping mall. Homeless, alone and only 14, Leighton says she needed what the man offered. 9:10:39 AM

Cardinal Bernard Law resigns Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Bernard Law, under intense fire in a church sex abuse scandal, resigned Friday as Boston archbishop, the Vatican announced. 8:29:30 AM