Sunday, August 22, 2004
Yet another Internet Explorer followup
It's fun, but scary, to read the forums where people talk about new security holes.
Someone's already improved on the latest attack against the latest Internet Explorer version. It's now possible for a nasty person to install software on your computer, to be run on the next reboot, if you do nothing but visit a website and drag the scroll bar. I am not making this up. It wasn't even difficult: the guy needed only 20 minutes to write a page demonstrating the attack. Yes, this affects Internet Explorer in XP Service Pack 2.
Details for your technical friends to look at.
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Someone's already improved on the latest attack against the latest Internet Explorer version. It's now possible for a nasty person to install software on your computer, to be run on the next reboot, if you do nothing but visit a website and drag the scroll bar. I am not making this up. It wasn't even difficult: the guy needed only 20 minutes to write a page demonstrating the attack. Yes, this affects Internet Explorer in XP Service Pack 2.
Details for your technical friends to look at.
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