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- TIME - 4 hours agoThe tech giant is working to fix a bug in its web browser that allows hackers on the same network as much access as a legitimate user. The flaw ...
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The tech giant is working to fix a bug in its web browser that allows hackers on the same network as much access as a legitimate user. The flaw is particularly hazardous when the software is run from the Windows XP operating system
A flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser could allow hackers access to the personal information of countless millions of web users, especially those still using Windows XP.
On Sunday, the company warned of a glitch in versions 6 to 11 of Internet Explorer that potentially give data thieves using a network computer the same level of access as the legitimate user.
Admitting to being aware of “limited, targeted attacks that attempt to exploit a vulnerability,” Microsoft explained that the “vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated.”
Internet Explorer’s market share has dropped precipitously over the past decade, but it remains the browser of choice for around 10% of netizens — behind Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
The bug’s disclosure comes in the wake of Microsoft’s much publicized decision to stop supporting the Windows XP operating system.
“XP users are not safe anymore, and this is the first vulnerability that will be not patched for their system,” Internet security firm Symantec Corp. researcher Christian Tripputi wrote in a blog post.
MORE: Internet Explorer Security Flaw: 4 Ways to Protect Yourself
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Microsoft Admits to Huge Security Flaw in Internet Explorer
This is one of those breaches that could cost billions to Internet explorer users all around the world. It sounds like an Internet wartime experience is going on.In an emergency you could switch to another one like Firefox by Mozilla if you need to either permanently or temporarily.I suppose if you wanted to get really extreme you could go UBUNTU or something like that as well. But, most people don't want to partition their hard drives to run two different operating systems to do this. I did this on one of my PC laptops for awhile after my son told me about this open system free operating system called UBUNTU based upon Linux open source codes. But it still runs fine because of TCPIP (Transfer Control Protocol Internet Protocol).However, I stopped using it because I could only surf the Internet the way I had it set up on a partitioned hard drive. And I didn't want to get special drivers for printers and stuff like that so it started to get too complicated other than surfing the Internet with it.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Security Breach: All Internet Explorer browsers on earth
Advice from programmers: Don't use Internet Explorer until they create a patch if you don't want to lose valuable information or don't want to be financially hacked.
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