Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

IE Vulnerable to Cross-Browser Spyware Attack

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-must-run-windows-remove-ie dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Register reports that Firefox can be used to infect IE on Windows. By visiting a malicious site with Firefox, a user can infect their install of Internet Explorer. Other alternative browers may expose the same vulnerability. The article quotes the CTO of ScanSafe as saying that '[j]ust switching away from IE does not give adequate projection. Now that Firefox and other alternative browsers have a toehold in the market the hacking community will get busy exploiting the vulnerabilities that exist in any complex browser.'" VitalSecurity's report points out that this vulnerability can (only) affect Windows users who use Sun's Java Runtime Environment.

5 of 619 comments (clear)

  1. fr1st ps0t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t!

  2. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    patch here post

  3. Re:Same old story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    imagine Slashdot's bandwidth saving would be enormous.
    Same as if Slashdot was to go with valid xhtml/css.
  4. Re:Remove IE..... by miffo.swe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=97690&cid=8349 470

    This comment reflects what most people thinks outside USA. Ignore it all you want.

    We arent afraid of Muslims in Europe, were afraid of trigger happy Americans.

    --
    HTTP/1.1 400
  5. Re:Caveat by picklepuss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's okay... it looks like shit in IE too. The browser has nothing what-so-ever to do with the site designer's artistic ability (or lack thereof)