Internet Explorer Archive

  • Zeus keylogger affects Firefox, Internet Explorer users doing online banking

    Zeus keylogger affects Firefox, Internet Explorer users doing online banking

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Ooh, this is a nasty one, isn't it? There's a computer virus out there called Zeus that targets users engaged in online banking. It affects users running Firefox and Internet Explorer—a fair chunk of all Internet users, then. As always, the best policy here is to keep your wits about you as you browse the Internet.

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  • You don’t fall for the wallet inspector gimmick, so why fall for its online equivalent?

    You don’t fall for the wallet inspector gimmick, so why fall for its online equivalent?

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    I think I'm getting to the point that, instead of feeling bad for people who fall victim to phishing scheme, or any other online nonsense, I'm actually like, “You know what? Serves you right.” There's a new scam going around that exploits Internet Explorer (in Windows XP, mostly), and it works by tricking users into pressing the F1 key at a certain time. Once the key is pressed, any ol' code a hackers wants to execute can be executed. Right now, the only work-around is to not press F1 when prompted by any ol' site. Cool.

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  • MSIE6, blah blah blah

    MSIE6, blah blah blah

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Sweet merciful fates, the continued existence and use of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is getting as much publicity as the Linux-vs-Windows debate. If you're interested in this story, and we all know you're interested or these stories wouldn't keep popping up, there's an interesting examination of the reasons for MSIE6's prolonged existence online for your perusal. The usual suspects -- slow-moving change-averse mega-corporations on protracted refresh cycles, cheapskates, and ignorance -- are rounded out by at least one surprising addition.

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  • U.S. authorities identify Chinese hacker partly responsible for Google attacks

    U.S. authorities identify Chinese hacker partly responsible for Google attacks

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The Chinese hacker saga continues, with some pretty huge news having emerged in the past few hours. U.S. authorities have identified, so they think, the sole person responsible for the underlying code used on attacks on Google and others. He's a "freelance security consultant" in his 30s, and he was able to take down almighty Google by exploiting a previously unknown hole in Internet Explorer. Being an Internet Explorer public relations guy must be pretty difficult.

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  • France and Germany agree: Don’t use Internet Explorer if you want to be safe online

    France and Germany agree: Don’t use Internet Explorer if you want to be safe online

    Posted on January 19, 2010 | No Comments
    In the intricacies of high-level European diplomacy, there's two things Paris and Berlin can agree on: Conan is better, and you'd better not be using Internet Explorer. A French government agency is now advising citizens of the French Republic not to use Internet Explorer because of security concerns. It's 2010, and we're still writing "IE isn't secure!" stories. Amazing.

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  • Use Internet Explorer, says Microsoft, but stop using IE6

    Use Internet Explorer, says Microsoft, but stop using IE6

    Posted on January 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Why-you-dont-use-Internet-ExplorerSo Google got hacked, or something, by cyber criminals in China, and Microsoft has acknowledged that their Internet Explorer browser was part of the problem. Specifically, Interent Explorer version 6 was part of the problem, and Microsoft is quick to point out that version 8 is much better, and much more secure. Cliff Evans, Microsoft's Head of Security and Privacy in the UK, further states that switching away from Internet Explorer is also a bad idea. According to him, it's MSIE8 or nothing. Firefox? Chrome? Safari? Opera? None of those will keep you as safe from cyber attacks as Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 8.

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