ie flaw in news
RSS ie flaw in newsMicrosoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Versions of Office are affected by this flaw, including Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), and Office 2003 SP2 and SP3. The vulnerabilities allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on a system if a user visits a... [13 Aug 2008]
Windows at risk from fancy cursors
News The exposure to attacks that exploit the flaw is mitigated on Vista machines with Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft noted. IE 7 protected mode shields the computer against drive-by installations because the... [30 Mar 2007]
Microsoft probing holes in Vista, IE 7
News The IE flaw could only be exploited if an attacker were to lure a victim to a malicious website and then persuade the user to enter the address of a trusted site into the address bar. Microsoft has... [27 Feb 2007]
More flaws: Bugs hit Firefox, IE
News In addition, another Firefox flaw could let attackers change cookie files on the user's PC, he said. Microsoft confirmed the flaw could open up files stored on a PC's hard drive to an attacker but only... [19 Feb 2007]
Windows attack code made public
News The attack code exploits a flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language, or VML, documents, which are used for a type of high-quality graphic on the web. Microsoft provided a fix for the flaw... [17 Jan 2007]
Yahoo! fixes errant update
News The previous software contains a security flaw that could cause other applications such as Microsoft's IE to crash, or prompt users to be involuntarily logged out, the spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman... [18 Dec 2006]
Passwords at risk from Firefox, IE flaw
News Both the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 web browsers are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords. Dubbed a Reverse Cross Site Request vulnerability (RCSR) by... [23 Nov 2006]
Windows worm holes plugged
News The IE update also addresses a new flaw, which lies in the way it handles certain HTML layout combinations, Microsoft said. The most urgent issue is a flaw in Microsoft's "Workstation... [15 Nov 2006]
Mozilla rebuts Firefox 2.0 bug claims
News Another report on the Full Disclosure mailing list suggested there is a flaw in Firefox 2.0 that could be exploited to aid in cyber scams. Mozilla shipped Firefox 2 on Tuesday, nearly a week after Microsoft released... [26 Oct 2006]
Spoofing flaw unearthed in IE 7
News The spoofing issue, rated "less critical" by Secunia, appears to be the first genuine, publicly disclosed flaw in the new Microsoft browser. In addition, Microsoft chided the anonymous discloser of the... [26 Oct 2006]
IE 7 'download frenzy' underway
News Security companies, including Secunia, had reported a flaw in IE 7. Web browsers, including IE 7, can be used as the vector in an attack that exploits the Outlook Express... [20 Oct 2006]
Attacks still battering unpatched Windows flaws
News A flaw in Word has gone unpatched since early this month and a flaw in an IE ActiveX control called daxctle.ocx first surfaced on 14 September. Microsoft issued a rare, out-of-cycle... [28 Sep 2006]
Microsoft slaps quick fix on IE flaw
News The last time the software maker rushed out a fix was in January, when another image-related flaw in IE was being used to compromise Windows PCs through malicious websites. The company is breaking with... [27 Sep 2006]
Redmond working "non-stop" on IE patch
News The flaw, first reported last week, is increasingly being used in attacks on IE users, security experts warned on Monday. In one example, cyber crooks have adapted a scam that uses e-cards to also take... [26 Sep 2006]
Security group issues emergency IE patch
News The flaw lies in the way IE 6 handles certain graphics. A group of security professionals has created a third-party fix for a recently discovered Internet Explorer flaw that's... [25 Sep 2006]
