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Microsoft has announced that it has discovered a new zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild, and allows remote malicious code to install itself on a users system.
Currently, it appears only Internet Explorer 6 and 7 are affected while Internet Explorer 8 is safe this time around.
No word from Microsoft [...]
In: Firefox
8 Feb 2010Mozilla appears to have let it’s guard down, with a Firefox add-on that included a Trojan that could allow remote access to a users PC.
Two add-ons were affected; Master Filer which was infected with a password-stealing Trojan called Win32.LdPinch.gen, and Sothink Web Video Downloader which was infected with a backdoor Trojan called Win32.Bifrose.32.Bifrose.
Mozilla has issued [...]
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is again at risk, just days after the company closed another serious security flaw in its web browser.
A new security advisory was posted by Microsoft last Wednesday, notifying users of a potential flaw in Internet Explorer which could allow third-parties access to data.
“Our investigation so far has shown that if a [...]