Posted in January 21, 2010 ¬ 10:51 amh.Mat
Microsoft have now released an “out of band” security update that addresses the vulnerability in Internet Explorer that was responsible for the attacks on Google China recently. The security issue lead to German and French authorities recommending alternative browsers, such as Firefox or Chrome.
Now, with this patch, users minimise the risk of exposing themselves to [...]
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Posted in January 18, 2010 ¬ 12:38 pmh.Mat
It has been reported both by the BBC and The Register that a bug in IE, namely “Zero Day”, was part of the cause for the security issues at Google’s Chinese offices. Following these reports, the German authorities have suggested users to switch to a different browser as Microsoft are yet to release a fix, [...]
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Posted in July 7, 2009 ¬ 9:02 amh.admin
A minor security flaw has been exploited within Internet Explorer that allows remote code execution on users machines who visit particular sites. The official Microsoft advisory can be found here.
According to The Register, the ‘compromised sites” are largely located in China, which might mean the risk to us is relatively low. Also, this can only [...]
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