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IE 0-Day Flaw Used In Chinese Attack

Posted by timothy on from the zero-is-where-you-start-counting dept.

bheer writes "A zero-day attack on IE was used to carry out the cyber attack on Google and others that's been getting so much ink recently, reports The Register, quoting McAfee's CTO. While the web (and security) community has pointed out the problems with IE's many security flaws (and its sluggish update cycle) in the past, IE shows no sign of vanishing from the corporate landscape."

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  1. Attacks targeted IE6 by 1sockchuck · · Score: 1, Redundant

    From the McAfee writeup: "So far the attacks we've seen using this vector have been focused on Internet Explorer 6." The stupid but obvious question: why are people at these companies using IE6?

  2. Re:A major security flaw in IE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    gee I wish I could recycle endlessly the same joke from days ago.....