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  • Microsoft security bulletin MS08-078, Security Update for Internet Explorer (960714)

    Microsoft security bulletin MS08-078, Security Update for Internet Explorer (960714) to address a vulnerability in all currently supported versions of Internet Explorer . This security update was released outside of the usual monthly security bulletin release cycle in an effort to protect customers....
    Posted to SQLServer-QA.net - Knowledge Sharing Network (SSQA.net) (Weblog) by Anonymous on Thu, Dec 18 2008
    Filed under: microsoft, security, xml, internet explorer, vulnerability, bulletin, safe, ie7

  • Turning off automatic Phishing in IE makes IE just as fast as Firefox 3.0

    This is interesting.  If I turn off the option to automatically check web sites for Phishing, IE7 is just as fast as Firefox 3.0. So, how does Firefox 3.0 do Phishing checking quicker than IE?  Or does it do it at all anymore? I’ll have to check into that. Of course, turning off the Phishing...
    Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er (Weblog) by Anonymous on Wed, Jun 18 2008
    Filed under: Security, Internet Explorer, Firefox

  • The IE versus FF security track record

    Robert Hensing posts an interesting piece on his blog, with a take on a recent USAToday article. http://blogs.technet.com/robert_hensing/archive/2008/06/18/usa-today-writes-an-article-about-ff-3-0-hilarity-ensues.aspx The bottom line, according to Robert, is that IE7 on Vista is much more secure than...
    Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er (Weblog) by Anonymous on Wed, Jun 18 2008
    Filed under: Security, Internet Explorer, Firefox

  • The April Security Updates have been released by Microsoft

    Details here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-apr.mspx The Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is also available - details here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-024.mspx Note that this month's cumulative update includes the IE Automatic...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Wed, Apr 9 2008
    Filed under: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer, Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • Vulnerability in Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) Could Allow Information Disclosure

    Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in the way Windows resolves hostnames that do not include a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN). The technology that the vulnerability affects is Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD). Microsoft has not received any information to indicate that...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Tue, Dec 4 2007
    Filed under: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer, Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • Developing Safer ActiveX Controls Using the Sitelock TemplateDeveloping Safer ActiveX Controls Using the Sitelock Template

    The IE team have blogged about the release of a new version of the SiteLock Template for ActiveX Controls . I can't stress strongly enough how important it is that developers place security first when developing controls. Over the years there have been numerous instances where ActiveX controls have...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Wed, Sep 19 2007
    Filed under: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer, Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • AutoComplete May Equal AutoCompromise

    It is very convenient to have your various usernames and passwords stored in your computer system. When you are logging into a web site or application, the information is automatically filled in for you so you don’t have to try to remember what alternate identity you used, or what unique variation...
    Posted to The Edge (Weblog) by Anonymous on Tue, Sep 18 2007
    Filed under: microsoft, security, internet explorer, ie7, password, identity theft, breach, compromise

  • MS07-045: Cumulative security update for IE

    This critical security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Fri, Aug 17 2007
    Filed under: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer, Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • MS07-050: Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language could allow remote code execution

    This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation in Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Fri, Aug 17 2007
    Filed under: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer, Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • IE7 Cumulative Update August 2007 – further information

    MS07-045 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143) CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2007-0943 - Internet Explorer 5.01 on Windows 2000 A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer parses certain strings in CSS. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Wed, Aug 15 2007
    Filed under: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer, Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits
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