Do you know "Serious flaw in Internet Explorer not fixed yet"?
By sivanj
@sivanj (1263)
India
December 16, 2008 2:27am CST
Users of all current versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser might be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked because of a serious security hole in the software that had yet to be fixed Monday.
The flaw lets criminals commandeer victims' machines merely by tricking them into visiting Web sites tainted with malicious programming code. As many as 10,000 sites have been compromised since last week to exploit the browser flaw, according to antivirus software maker Trend Micro Inc.
The sites are mostly Chinese and have been serving up programs that steal passwords for computer games, which can be sold for money on the black market. However, the hole is such that it could be "adopted by more financially motivated criminals for more serious mayhem - that's a big fear right now," Paul Ferguson, a Trend Micro security researcher, said Monday.
This is news curtosy of Microsoft's advisory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx
What is your opinion?
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@marina321 (4556)
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16 Dec 08
I saw an article on this... I use Firefox though as I lost patience with IE a while a go, only time I use it is when I need to take a survey that will only work with explorer
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
16 Dec 08
There are many ways that people with bad intentions can do bad things without our knowledge and they should be stopped. cheers!
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
16 Dec 08
Is it that dangerous?? I have been using IE for ages but i din know about this.. hehe ^_^ Luckily i dun play online games and thus i'm not into such danger yet.. But once some syndicate start to make use of this loopholes, trouble is gonna start.. Looks like it's about time for me to start exploring Firefox.. lol =D