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| Zero-day flaw hits IE |
(If you are reading this post in Internet Explorer close it
now and use any other good one, now!)
Security experts are urging
Internet Explorer users to stop using the browser, following the
discovery of a new flaw that makes your desktop vulnerable to malicious code
hosted on websites.
Hmmm...People don't troll Microsoft's Internet Explorer without reasons 
What is that one more flaw? Zero-day bug/attack!
What is Zero-day bug/attack/whatever?
Zero-day attacks are rare, mostly because they are hard to
identify. Its called zero day because the attack occurs on "day
zero" of awareness of the vulnerability! Clever!
It requires highly
skilled software engineers(!) or hackers with lots of code to find for holes
that can be exploited to launch attacks.
The attackers can exploit the bug to infect the PC of
somebody who visits a Malicious Website(!) and then "take control" of
the victim's computer.
Last week Eric Romang, a researcher in Luxembourg,
discovered the flaw in Internet Explorer, when his PC was infected by a piece
of malicious software known as Poison Ivy that hackers use to steal
data or take remote control of PCs. When he analysed the infection, he learned
that Poison Ivy had gotten on to his system thanks to "zero-day"
vulnerability, in Internet Explorer.
Microsoft reaction?
"We are aware of targeted attacks potentially affecting
some versions of Internet Explorer," said Microsoft. 
Microsoft released a Microsoft Security Advisory (2757760) and advised
customers to install a security software tool as an interim measure,thus
buying time to fix the bug and release a new, more secure version of Internet
Explorer.
Now, even after reading all this, if you still use internet Explorer, Bravo! Atleast download their first-aid security tool here!
Or there is another way.... simply double click Google Chrome ! After-all ,Chrome offers $2 million to hack it! 
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he he he!poor IE :D Nice post!
ReplyDeletethanks! :)
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