Microsoft just issued an emergency patch this week for Internet Explorer. It came after a serious attack on 30 companies. Germany went so far as to recommended companies stop using Internet Explorer.
Today, there is another warning about problems with Internet Explorer. SC Magazine reports that Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser suffers from several minor flaws, which, when combined, can allow an attacker to read all the files on a user's computer, according to researchers at penetration testing vendor Core Security Technologies.
Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina, a security consultant at Core Security Technologies, is scheduled to give a presentation on Feb. 3 at the Black Hat conference in Washington, D.C., demonstrating how an attacker could leverage four to five flaws in design features of Internet Explorer to read every file on a user's computer. Following the presentation, Medina plans to release proof of concept demonstrating the attack, as well as...
Time to switch browsers?
Today, there is another warning about problems with Internet Explorer. SC Magazine reports that Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser suffers from several minor flaws, which, when combined, can allow an attacker to read all the files on a user's computer, according to researchers at penetration testing vendor Core Security Technologies.
Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina, a security consultant at Core Security Technologies, is scheduled to give a presentation on Feb. 3 at the Black Hat conference in Washington, D.C., demonstrating how an attacker could leverage four to five flaws in design features of Internet Explorer to read every file on a user's computer. Following the presentation, Medina plans to release proof of concept demonstrating the attack, as well as...
Time to switch browsers?