Cyber Security Alert: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Cross-Domain Vulnerability
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published 06/26/2008
Grey McKenzie
National Cyber Security Founder
Cyber security watchdog & one of the nation's leading cyber security experts, Grey McKenzie is also the Founder of SpyCop Security Software.
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If you have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 I strongly urge you to update to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
There is a publicly available proof-of-concept code for a new vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
What that means is a remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute a script that would allow them to steal cookies, hijack a web session, or steal authentication credentials.
You can
get Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 here
I use Mozilla Firefox myself as I like the interface better and for better or worse it seems the bad guys are always targeting Microsoft products, so if I can use something with a lower profile I generally do
You can get Firefox 3 here
There is a publicly available proof-of-concept code for a new vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
What that means is a remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute a script that would allow them to steal cookies, hijack a web session, or steal authentication credentials.
You can
I use Mozilla Firefox myself as I like the interface better and for better or worse it seems the bad guys are always targeting Microsoft products, so if I can use something with a lower profile I generally do
You can get Firefox 3 here
