IE 7 hit by spoofing bug
News IE 7, released last week, allows a website to display a pop-up that can contain a spoofed web address, security monitoring company Secunia said on Wednesday. The problem lies in the way web addresses are displayed in the IE 7 address bar, a...
[October 26, 2006, 11:05]
IE bug provides phishing tool
Talkback You can see the 'true' URL. It is absolutely necessary to show how this URL highjacking takes place so that people know what to do and how to check the validity of the sites they visit. Right click and show page properties!
[December 16, 2003, 16:26]
IE bug provides phishing tool
News A newly discovered bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser may help fraudsters trick Internet users into divulging sensitive information and executing malicious code, according to a security researcher.
[December 10, 2003, 8:50]
Microsoft to plug URL-spoofing hole
News In December, Secunia alerted the security community to an IE bug that would let hackers display false Web addresses. The problem has been exacerbated by a recently discovered bug in the URL display of Internet Explorer browsers.
[January 30, 2004, 7:40]
Microsoft: Stuck between a rock and a hard patch?
Talkback As a previous responder has noted, this sort of phishing bug only exists on IE on Windows. I personally use Firefox on Linux and when I try to hit one of these "exploit" sites, the URL shows exactly as it should and reveals that it is not actually...
[February 11, 2004, 15:32]
Free Browser
Downloads Fixed the download link, colors of buttons and text, all ontop Windows, and some minor and major bug issues. Version 1.8 added buttons such as What's New in about menu, Lock The Web, Yes and No button to convert favorites from IE to FB.
[June 1, 2007, 10:21]
New security hole found in IE 4
News The report describes exploiting the bug as "complicated, but .nonetheless, do-able" and goes on to describe the necessary steps. Example URLs which deliberately feature the bug in action are also provided, demonstrating how a user can be put at...
[January 15, 1998, 18:37]
Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said this bug could make Firefox users vulnerable to cybercriminals. No solution is available at present, but Mozilla developers plan to fix this bug in an upcoming version of the product.
[January 5, 2005, 14:30]
GuardWall (was Guard-IE)
Downloads Guard-IE 1.2 features a new Web bug sniffer that finds hidden Web bugs on Web pages. Guard-IE allows you to prevent snooping on your Internet activities by cleaning up your browser histories as well as removing unwanted files that consume system...
[March 8, 2005, 6:00]
Barclays scam email exploits new IE flaw
News Other scam emails appearing during the weekend also used this technique, known as "phishing", along with the same IE bug. Banking scam emails are nothing new, but the use of the IE flaw represents an innovation, according to Internet services firm...
[January 12, 2004, 11:40]
Microsoft says Firefox 'not a threat to IE'
Talkback This is one bug that I'm hoping is fixed in the final release. Type "about:config' into the URL bar, search for the network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-proxies setting, and toggle it to 'false'. FireFox *does* work with proxy servers.
[November 11, 2004, 20:40]
