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Yahoo and Hotmail Filter Flaw

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the shields-up-and-drop-to-impulse dept.

gandam writes "Israeli computer security firm GreyMagic Software has detected a serious security flaw in Yahoo's Web e-mail service and Microsoft Corp.'s Hotmail service, which could allow hackers to run malicious scripts on users' computers. I tried sending a mail to my yahoo account and it never reached my mailbox. According to the website, all attempts to contact Yahoo unfortunately failed. Mail was sent to security and secure at yahoo.com and at yahoo-inc.com. No replies were received to date. Works only in IE5, though."

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  1. So what? by Coyote67 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I propose reform at Slashdot right now!
    Last time I checked the latest version of IE was 6. I say this my friens, lets not use this as an excuse to attack Microsoft. Instead lets argue and attack about users who need to update. Whos with me? ARE YOU WITH ME? Wooooooo!

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    [Just Shut Up and Do What I say]
  2. Re:Works only in IE5, though? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    But, like any sensible Mac user, I use Safari these days.

    That's wonderful if you just want to read online books, but it doesn't really help you browse the web.