Microsoft patched a half-dozen critical browser vulnerabilities that have been publicly disclosed, but apparently not used in attacks as of yet.

Microsoft released a hefty load of security bulletins today, which included a patch for a JScript and VBScript scripting engine vulnerability being publicly exploited. The flaw is addressed in its own bulletin, MS16-053, but users need to pay attention to, and apply MS16-051 as well since the attack vector is through Internet Explorer. MS16-051 addresses...

Microsoft released a baker’s dozen worth of security bulletins on Tuesday, including five rated critical and two rated important that could result in remote code execution attacks against compromised machines. Two of the bulletins rated critical address flaws in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. The IE bulletin, MS16-023, patches 13 vulnerabilities in the browser, all...