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Symantec issues warning about vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7

Posted August 15, 2008

Symantec warns Internet Explorer users about vulnerabilities to attacks targeting ActiveX. According to Symantec’s Sean Hittel, attackers have found a way to serve users the vulnerability prior to exploiting it. Targeted is a critical security flaw in the ActiveX Control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access.
Microsoft has patched the vulnerability via a security bulletin [...]

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Taking a closer look at what’s wrong with Internet Explorer 6 …

Posted August 13, 2008

Security
There are several flaws within Internet Explorer 6, some well known and some not so well known. With serious attacks, there are also tiny apps called keystroke-logging Trojan horses, which capture IDs, passwords, and credit card information as you type them. This happens without users even knowing there’s anything wrong. At this time, only Windows [...]

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