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New Phishing Flaw in Internet Explorer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the another-week-a-new-vulnerability dept.

JimmyM writes "Secunia reports on a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer. From the piece: 'This can be exploited to spoof the address bar in a browser window showing web content from a malicious web site.' According to several (german) media outlets this is already being exploited by phishing sites. Secunia has a test you can try to see if you are vulnerable."

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  1. Test I can try? by stunt_penguin · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Look up in top left hand corner of browser.
    2. If icon is a blue 'e' then you're vulnerable.

    That is all.

    /ms troll

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  2. Re:Why?? by LunaticTippy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I'll tell you why.

    It's the default browser.

    I make it a point to install firefox and remove all shortcuts to IE on any machine I have to fix, except for at work, where we have a couple of IE-only apps. (don't ask)

    The average (I don't want to say idiot) user simply doesn't think or know about other browsers. We need to remember that the typical user doesn't live in "our" world.

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  3. Looks like I'm secure by m50d · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried to open the test page in Konqueror and it crashed. I wish I was joking :(

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