Microsoft Zero Day security holes being exploited

Microsoft Zero Day security holes being exploited

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

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."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5365296.stm

Imhotep
Imhotep [ Sa, 23 September 2006 04:37 ] [ ID #1476393 ]
Miscellaneous » comp.security.misc » Microsoft Zero Day security holes being exploited

Vorheriges Thema: Is Comodo firewall really good in comparison to other firewalls (e.g. ZoneAlarm)?
Nächstes Thema: NMAP ...