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IE flaw gets second third-party patch
News The eEye and Determina patches block access to the vulnerable component in IE 5 and 6, the most-used versions, to try to prevent malicious Web sites from taking advantage of the flaw. Another company has released a third-party patch for a serious...
[March 29, 2006, 9:20]
IE flaw puts credit card info at risk
News Technically, the flaw exists in the way IE handles cookies across Web sites. Privacy and security expert Richard Smith verified the IE security flaw by writing a tiny bit of JavaScript to hijack information contained in a cookie.
[November 12, 2001, 9:42]
IE privacy flaw still causing leaks
News New privacy-enhancing controls in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 can be rendered useless by a long-known security flaw in Windows Media Player, a noted security expert said on Tuesday. The flaw allows a malicious Web site to create what he...
[January 16, 2002, 10:47]
IE spoofing flaw adds to Windows' woes
News That flaw, related to how IE handles the createTextRange() tag in Web pages, has been exploited in attacks to install spyware, remote-control software and Trojan horses on vulnerable PCs. The flaw exists because of an error in the way the Microsoft...
[April 7, 2006, 9:15]
New security flaw in Outlook, IE
News In June, Microsoft released a patch for an IE flaw that allowed attackers to run code on a victim's computer by exploiting links to an old pre-Web protocol known as Gopher. A Danish security researcher warned users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer...
[July 11, 2002, 7:51]
IE may share Mozilla 'shell:' flaw
News Secunia, which tracks software vulnerabilities and shared Mozilla's flaw with the public, has announced that IE could be equally vulnerable. The flaw means that MSN Messenger and Word could allow malware merchants to run programs via embedded links...
[July 13, 2004, 15:35]
Barclays scam email exploits new IE flaw
News Banking scam emails are nothing new, but the use of the IE flaw represents an innovation, according to Internet services firm Netcraft, which analysed the Barclays message. The flaw has the potential to undermine users' ability to determine what...
[January 12, 2004, 11:40]
Another day, another IE flaw...
News This weekend, however, a security researcher identified another flaw that could serve the same purpose and that isn't fixed by Microsoft's patch. The most recent flaw is not new -- security researchers first discussed the issue in January, Kuperus...
[July 7, 2004, 15:30]
Unpatched IE flaw allows remote attacks
News A flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer's image rendering capabilities may allow attackers to execute code remotely, according to security experts. Security consultant and author Michal Zalewski has found a number of possible flaws in the way IE...
[July 20, 2005, 16:45]
Microsoft plays down IE flaw
News Microsoft has given more details on an Internet Explorer (IE) security bug discovered this week, saying the flaw puts only some systems at risk. In another possible restriction on the flaw's scope, only specific versions of the Microsoft DDS...
[August 22, 2005, 9:25]
Trojan exploits unpatched IE flaw
News Malicious software that exploits the security flaw to download a Trojan horse to vulnerable computers has been found on the Internet, according to Microsoft. The bug was thought to only allow for a denial-of-service attack, which would cause IE to...
[December 1, 2005, 7:50]
Another IE flaw discovered
News The alleged flaw could be particularly effective if used in combination with another IE hole identified by Secunia last month. Danish company Secunia posted details of the alleged flaw, which could be used in combination with an earlier "spoofing...
[January 29, 2004, 7:50]
New IE flaw details published
News Versions of IE affected by the flaw include IE 6.0 on Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1, 3 and 4, and on Windows XP with Service Pack 1 and 2. The discovery of this latest IE flaw comes two weeks after Microsoft released several "critical" security...
[July 4, 2005, 9:15]
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]
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]
Shady sites exploit another IE flaw
News This is the second known and unpatched flaw for IE to surface in as many weeks. Attack code that exploits the flaw and could be used to hijack Windows PCs running IE 5 or IE 6 has been posted on the Net.
[September 20, 2006, 10:40]
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]
Trojans target unpatched IE flaw
Talkback Trojans target unpatched IE flaw URGENT urgent RE: Tom Espiner ZDNet UK December 05, 2005, 15:05 GMT your link to CERT is bogus.the id 88786 is missing a final digit > 1.is the correct ID.icaw
[December 5, 2005, 19:57]
Phishing flaw found - but not in IE
News Microsoft has not implemented support for IDN yet, so its IE browser is not vulnerable to the flaw. Details of the flaw were shown at ShmooCon, a hacking and computer security convention, in Washington D.C.last weekend.
[February 8, 2005, 8:40]
IE flaw danger increases as exploit code released
Talkback Thirty steps to PC security This article describes the steps necessary to secure your Windows operating system from malicious exploits. The solutions listed below will protect you from every major vulnerability found on the Internet today, June 08...
[June 9, 2005, 0:40]
