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IE 0-Day Flaw Used In Chinese Attack
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."
What a droll thing to say! Would you mind sharing with us where exactly you heard that? The FA just ruled Adobe out on this occasion. What is your motivation for pointing the finger at Adobe? The FA says IE is to blame. Somehow you know more than Google about this? Your conclusion, "Keeping Acrobat Reader fully patched and keeping your users alert and well-trained would probably stop a lot of it, but not all." completely misses the point. The problem was IE. I would like to know what idiot modded you insightful. The most obvious conclusion we could draw is to stay away from IE - at least until it is fixed.