Browser Exploit Being used in our business

[buzzsaw]

When you adware and spyware fucks going to learn?

Microsoft has issued warnings about a serious flaw in Internet Explorer that allows attackers to hijack a PC via the popular browser.


Security firm Sunbelt Software said the vulnerability was being actively exploited on some porn websites.

So far there is no fix to close the bug in the browsing program but Microsoft has issued advice about how to avoid falling victim.

It said it would patch the bug in its next security update due on 10 October.
Researcher Adam Thomas uncovered the exploit which revolves around the way that the Internet Explorer browser handles a particular form of graphics known as vector graphics.

A properly crafted webpage can exploit this problem and install almost anything they want on the target machine.

Unusable PC
Tests by Sunbelt Software on a Windows machine patched with all the latest security updates showed attackers installing a huge amount of spyware and other malicious programs.


Any Windows PC suffering such an infection would become unusable.

Following the discovery of the bug, Microsoft issued a formal alert that tells users how to avoid falling victim while a patch is being prepared.
Microsoft said the patch would be ready for the next monthly security update on 10 October. However, it said it would release the patch earlier if the situation warrants it.

Warnings also followed from the US Computer Emergency Response Team and the Sans security organisation.

In its alert Cert said: "We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem."

---via bbcnews

[TheEnforcer]

I'm not surprised one bit by that unfortunately.

[Jace]

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

i wonder......

[woodysm]

One more reason I like firefox

[Jace]

Originally Posted by woodysm

One more reason I like firefox

FYI, firefox is getting pretty buggy lately

lots of people are learning how to beat it

[woodysm]

Originally Posted by Jace

FYI, firefox is getting pretty buggy lately

lots of people are learning how to beat it

This could be good stuff for apple to use to market the mac. I do like the extensions that firefox offers though. The No script extension for firefox is pretty cool but seems people will always find some way in.