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Widespread Attacks Exploit Newly Patched IE Bug
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| The first widespread attack to leverage a
| recently patched flaw in Microsoft's Internet
| Explorer browser has surfaced.
|
| Starting late Wednesday, researchers at
| antivirus vendor Symantec's Security Response
| group began spotting dozens of Web sites that
| contain the Internet Explorer attack, which
| works reliably on the IE 6 browser, running
| on Windows XP. The attack installs a Trojan
| horse program that is able to bypass some
| security products and then give hackers
| access to the system, said Joshua Talbot, a
| security intelligence manager with Symantec.
|
| Once it has infected a PC, the Trojan sends a
| notification e-mail to the attackers, using a
| U.S.-based, free e-mail service that Symantec
| declined to name.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/187413/widespread_attacks_exploit_newly_patched_ie_bug.html?tk=rss_news
Under five per cent of all email is delivered
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| ACCORDING TO ENISA, the European cyber
| security agency, only about 5 per cent of all
| emails are actually delivered to inboxes.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1588043/under-cent-email-delivered
Recent:
Stop using Explorer: Govts
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| AUSTRALIAN, French and German internet
| users have been told by their respective
| governments to stop using the Internet
| Explorer (IE) program because of a security
| threat.
|
| According to a report on news.com.au,
| Australian web users were advised to
| install security patches or switch
| browsers. In France and Germany, however,
| warnings have been issued against all
| versions of Microsoft's browser.
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http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_479260.html
Internet Security: more countries join IE warning
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| The governments of France and Australia
| have joined those who are warning that
| Internet Explorer is unsafe in its
| unpatched state. So has New Zealand. But
| the UK, reportedly, has decided not to do
| so. But some of the recommended
| alternatives might cause some users
| frustration.
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http://chiefofficers.net/888333888/cms/index.php/news/industries/infotech_comms/it_security/internet_security_more_countries_join_ie_warning
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and Its Multiple Personas
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| Customizing and theming, or "skinning",
| your open source browser is about to get
| easier, thanks to the integration of
| Personas in the upcoming Mozilla Firefox
| 3.6 release.
|
| The Personas engine, which enables users to
| easily change the way the browser looks,
| had previously been available as a Firefox
| add-on, but will soon become part of the
| default browser itself. Other popular
| Firefox add-ons, including Weave and Prism
| might one day follow suit, as well as a new
| technology for add-ons called Jetpacks,
| Mozilla said.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6958/1/
Microsoft Should Kill Internet Explorer
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| It's time for Microsoft to kill Internet
| Explorer. It has to be done quickly, before
| it's too late to rebound. The browser is
| bleeding market share in a way that a new
| version alone cannot stop. It's time for the
| company to rethink the browser and come at it
| from a fresh perspective. Microsoft needs a
| new browser, not a new version of an existing
| one.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/186824/microsoft_should_kill_IE.html?tk=rss_news
Attacks Appear Imminent as IE Exploit Is Improved
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| Hackers working on the open-source
| Metasploit project have spiffed up a zero-
| day attack on Microsoft's Internet
| Explorer, making it more reliable -- and
| more likely to be used by criminals.
|
| Security experts have been worried about
| the flaw since it was first disclosed on
| the Bugtraq mailing list Friday. But the
| original demonstration code was unreliable
| and has not been used in real-world
| attacks.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/183190/attacks_appear_imminent_as_ie_exploit_is_improved.html
Microsoft IE exploit code unreliable, but more coming
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112309-microsoft-ie-exploit-code.html?t51hb
Fixing the Internet Explorer Blues
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| Earlier this week Microsoft announced yet
| another IE (Internet Explorer) bug. This
| one, Microsoft Security Advisory 977981, is
| one of the really bad ones that can allow
| attackers to take your Windows PC over.
| Yuck!
|
| [...]
|
| I think your best move to keep the world
| from sneaking in some malware over your
| browser is to get the latest versions of
| Firefox 3.5.5 or Google's Chrome 3.0.x Web
| browser. Neither is perfect, but they are
| better than IE. I wish I could recommend
| Opera, but I continue to have real concerns
| about Opera's built-in Web server security.
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http://www.itworld.com/security/86298/fixing-internet-explorer-blues
Microsoft Warns of IE Vulnerability
http://windowsitpro.com/mobile/pda/Article.cfm?ArticleID=103204&News=1
Microsoft Issues Security Advisory on IE Vulnerability
http://www.pcworld.com/article/182935/microsoft_issues_security_advisory_on_ie_vulnerability.html
Exploit code targets Internet Explorer zero-day display flaw
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1375179,00.html
New Security Flaw Hits Internet Explorer 6 & 7
http://techfragments.com/1104/new-security-flaw-hits-internet-explorer-6-7
New attack targets weakness in Internet Explorer
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/11/new_attack_targets_weakness_in.html
Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Security Advisory
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221901038
Microsoft warns of IE exploit code in the wild
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| Microsoft on Monday said it is
| investigating a possible vulnerability in
| Internet Explorer after exploit code that
| allegedly can be used to take control of
| computers, if they visit a Web site hosting
| the code, was posted to a security mailing
| list.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10403756-83.html
IE bug leaks private details from 50m PDF files
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| A bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer
| browser is causing more than 50 million
| files stored online to leak potentially
| sensitive information that could compromise
| user privacy, a security researcher said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
Related:
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| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1998 9:44 AM
| To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
| Cc: Paul Mariz
| Subject: Office rendering
|
| One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
| documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of the
| most destructive things we could do to the company.
|
| We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
| documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
|
| Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has
| to to destroy Windows.
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http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
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