Microsoft have confirmed that a flaw exists in IE7 that would allow an attacker the same privileges as a local user. Depending on your computer's set up this may mean admin rights.

See comments for more information. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago

This prediction was made by Philippe Courtot, chief executive of Qualys - a company which offers security as a service to corporations. His prediction is based on the fact that just a few days ago, Google unveiled its Web Security for Enterprises, a service which provides companies with protection against viruses, spyware, and malicious Web sites. picked by cristeaiulian 2 years ago

The link above goes to the Adobe page where you could solve the problem. It's a manual edit of the registry, complicated and unsupported. They're still working on a patch. More information here: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/01/when_pdfs_attack.html http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=566 And a search in google brings up a bunch of entries. Adobe cat... read full post picked by marinuse 2 years ago

Microsoft still isn't talking specifics in terms of what it plans to deliver as part of the next version of Internet Explorer, IE 8.0. But at the Mix '07 conference in Las Vegas, Chris Wilson, platform architect of Internet Explorer, did share some general directions the team is taking with its next release. picked by maxriter 3 years ago

Yahoo! Inc., the Internet company that has failed to crack Google Inc.'s dominance of Web search, plans to reject a $44.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp., a person familiar with the situation said. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Been surfing for porn at work, home, and/or school? Internet Explorer 8 will have a special privacy mode so that what happens at your desk, isn't discoverable by teachers, co-workers, grandparents, etc/ picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Microsoft officials obviously believe Windows Vista is ready, given that it is set to release it to manufacturing within weeks, if not days. But what do some of its toughest testers think? picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Posted as a warning to Plimates - do your updates! picked by topofall 1 year ago

Microsoft group president Jeff Raikes told an audience in San Francisco last week that the company hopes people, if they’re going to pirate software, choose to pirate Microsoft software. What’s Raikes thinking? picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago

Your password is probably easier to crack than a thinly shelled egg. With increasing internet usage, even physical security is not a good reason for a weak password. It is time to finally bite the bullet and create a strong or even ultra-strong password. This article shows you how and, even better, shows you how to remember that password. picked by ziliiah 3 years ago

Twenty Burmese security officials who were taken captive for several hours by Buddhist monks have been released. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

It's no secret that Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. have been engaged in a war for the hearts and minds of the average Internet user, with both companies taking different approaches to undermine the other and chart the direction of the Web. picked by karenben 1 year ago

Mozilla will patch a security bug in Firefox that could be attacked in Internet Explorer. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

For those of you who are using Internet Explorer for browsing, there is a little trick that will considerably increase the startup speed of the browser. picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago

Federal agents are investigating security concerns at the nation's nuclear power plants after video footage surfaced showing guards asleep on the job.

*There just aren't words. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

customize your Internet Explorer picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago

For the longest time rumours have been rife about an tablet computer from Apple with nothing concrete confirmed. It seems that all the while Microsoft have been quietly developing their own and now it's at an advanced prototype stage theyv'e started to share details. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has expressed great interest in the bracelets, which would be worn by all airline passengers and could be remotely operated by airline personnel. picked by tigertony 1 year ago

I'm sure it will be delayed until 2010. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

The premise is simple: Internet Explorer 6 is antiquated, doesn’t support key web standards, and should be phased out. This isn’t about being anti-Microsoft, it’s about making sure that we encourage people to move to modern browsers such as IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.

**Your Internet PSA for the day.** picked by sidran32 4 months ago