IE Security Hole

[LongBlade]

Germany is waiving folks off of using IE until a big hole is patched.

In its warning published late Monday, Germany's IT watchdog called on people using Windows XP or Windows 7 operating systems and Internet Explorer versions 7, 8 or 9 to switch to alternative browsers until Microsoft updates the browser's security features.

Attackers lure users to an infected website, for example through an emailed link. Visiting the website then allows hackers to introduce codes to take control of the user's computer, the BSI agency said.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/09/18/massive-security-hole-found-in-internet-explorer

[Barthheart]

Germany is waiving folks off of using IE until a big hole is patched.

In its warning published late Monday, Germany's IT watchdog called on people using Windows XP or Windows 7 operating systems and Internet Explorer versions 7, 8 or 9 to switch to alternative browsers until Microsoft updates the browser's security features.

Attackers lure users to an infected website, for example through an emailed link. Visiting the website then allows hackers to introduce codes to take control of the user's computer, the BSI agency said.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/09/18/massive-security-hole-found-in-internet-explorer

OR the users could just not be stupid and not follow random links to random sites....  ::) :P

[mirth]

I love how Fox makes part of the URL "massive-security-hole-found-in-internet-explorer" and then in the article the German spokesman says, "This is not a massive problem".

[MIGMaster]

I love how Fox makes part of the URL "massive-security-hole-found-in-internet-explorer" and then in the article the German spokesman says, "This is not a massive problem".

I can see the next Fox headline now - Germany's relunctance to deal with understated problem could lead to global disaster."

[LongBlade]

I love how Fox makes part of the URL "massive-security-hole-found-in-internet-explorer" and then in the article the German spokesman says, "This is not a massive problem".

Fox's biggest problem is their sensationalism.

[Windigo]

I love how Fox makes part of the URL "massive-security-hole-found-in-internet-explorer" and then in the article the German spokesman says, "This is not a massive problem".

Fox's biggest problem is their sensationalism.

MSNBC probably scores as high in the misleading headline dept.

[GDS_Starfury]

I only clicked on this thread because LB said hole.