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Explorer flaw creates 'critical' worm-hole
News He warned that a worm could be a possibility, but stressed that the flaw only crashes Internet Explorer; no one has yet found a way to use the flaw to force IE to run code. The potentially critical security flaw was disclosed to the Bugtraq...
[June 26, 2003, 9:07]
Trojan horse exploits Explorer flaw
News A malicious program, dubbed QHosts, infects PCs using a recent flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer to take control of how computers look up Internet addresses, antivirus firms warned on Thursday. The program takes advantage of a critical flaw in...
[October 3, 2003, 8:45]
Internet Explorer 6 scripting flaw discovered
News Secunia said it had verified the flaw on IE 6, but the problems may affect earlier versions of the browser. Danish security firm Secunia is warning of a set of security flaws in Internet Explorer 6 that, used together, could allow an attacker to...
[November 28, 2003, 16:30]
Trojan horse exploits Explorer flaw
Talkback Me thinks Microsoft needs another security program with a "boot camp" expedition and an even bigger name to convince users of their "attention" to security detail. Bad Software" - "Big Name" = "Move along.
[October 3, 2003, 9:56]
Internet Explorer 6 scripting flaw discovered
Talkback You get enough traffic as it is so I'll make it short.ZDNet UK is incredibly up to date and informative.Look forward to each new arrival.Best of the season to you all.Bruce
[December 2, 2003, 18:21]
IE hit by more security flaws
News Microsoft's Internet Explorer has become a turkey shoot for flaw finders. In the past two months, flaw finders have publicised critical Internet Explorer vulnerabilities and a slew of security issues in Service Pack 2, the company's latest update...
[November 18, 2004, 8:00]
Fix released for flawed open-source IE patch
News A Web site that published a third-party patch to fix a security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has had to re-issue the patch after the original was found to be flawed. The Internet Explorer flaw, which was first reported in late November...
[December 22, 2003, 14:25]
Auntie used as bait in spyware scheme
News Cybercrooks are sending out spam to trick people into visiting malicious Web sites that exploit a recent Internet Explorer flaw, experts warned on Thursday. Since the flaw was disclosed publicly last week, more than 200 Web sites have been found to...
[March 31, 2006, 9:25]
Exploit code aimed at new IE flaw
News Computer code that could be used to hijack Windows PCs via a yet-to-be-patched Internet Explorer flaw has been posted on the Net, experts have warned. The flaw is due to an error in an ActiveX control related to multimedia features and could be...
[September 15, 2006, 9:30]
Microsoft patches Bofra
News The vulnerability, dubbed the Internet Explorer Elements flaw by Microsoft, is also known as the IFRAME vulnerability, or Bofra exploit. The IE flaw underscores that online criminals are all too willing to use the latest vulnerabilities to take...
[December 2, 2004, 7:15]
Fresh IE flaw report probed
News A new flaw in Internet Explorer could be exploited to launch spoof-based attacks, or access and change data on vulnerable machines, security experts have warned. The software maker is not aware of any attacks that take advantage of the flaw, the...
[September 29, 2005, 9:00]
IE bug crashes browsers
News A simple flaw in Internet Explorer 6.0 causes the browser to crash when it views pages containing malicious HTML code, a security researcher has found. There needs to be research as to the cause of the bug, and if there's a fix present it must be...
[April 17, 2003, 8:59]
Microsoft breaks monthly patching habit
News Microsoft broke its once-a-month schedule on Monday to fix a critical flaw in Internet Explorer that could allow malicious coders to take control of an unwary user's PC. Known as the phishing flaw, the problem allows scam artists to forge the...
[February 3, 2004, 8:20]
IE flaw gets second third-party patch
News Another company has released a third-party patch for a serious flaw in Internet Explorer, as experts warn users to be cautious with non-Microsoft fixes. Since the flaw was disclosed publicly last week, more than 200 Web sites have been found to...
[March 29, 2006, 9:20]
Dangerous exploit released for old IE hole
News Exploit code for a new flaw in Internet Explorer could put systems at risk of remote attack, security experts warned on Monday. A Microsoft representative was not able to comment early Monday on the flaw or the exploit, but did say that the company...
[November 22, 2005, 8:45]
New IE overflow exploit published
News Microsoft is investigating a newly reported flaw in Internet Explorer 6 that could cause the browser to crash when viewing a malicious Web page, the company said on Monday. The flaw can be exploited by an attacker to crash IE, Secunia said in an...
[March 21, 2006, 9:05]
IE flaw danger increases as exploit code released
News The threat posed by a critical flaw in Internet Explorer has been ratcheted up by the release of a program designed to exploit the vulnerability, security researchers warned on Thursday. The Iframe flaw is the latest in a series of security issues...
[November 5, 2004, 7:23]
Trojans target unpatched IE flaw
News Computer users have been warned that several Trojan horses that exploit an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer have now been discovered. Some security experts have suggested the company should roll out an unscheduled patch before this time to...
[December 5, 2005, 14:05]
Latest IE6 vulnerability explored
News A new, unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer could let miscreants surreptitiously run malicious code on Windows PCs, according to the discoverer of the bug. Ferris claims credit for discovering the problem and said he informed Microsoft of the flaw...
[August 30, 2005, 16:30]
Microsoft releases patch for IE flaw
News The flaw occurs in Internet Explorer's domain security, the technology that keeps applications running in the Internet domain from accessing data on the PC or local domain, for example. By taking advantage of this flaw, a Web page could bypass the...
[February 6, 2003, 8:13]
