[gui-talk] does anyone know about this

[Gregory D. Rosenberg]

Rob,

1) In layman’s terms. Stop using Internet Explorer and switch to Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.

Researchers at security company FireEye have found a flaw in Internet Explorer that could let hackers easily slip a virus on to your computer. This also opens the doors for criminals. 

This flaw is present in every version of Internet Explorer stretching back more than a decade. Version 6.0 through the latest IE incarnation. The Internet Explorer browser is vulnerable on all versions of Windows.

The bug is a drive-by hack; all you have to do is visit a website that hackers have hijacked or modified and you're infected.

There is no permanent fix and Microsoft is still researching the problem. Microsoft advises using another browser until they fix this issue. 

This will potentially be a serious impact for those with no vision at all. If they have to learn their way around a different browser.

2) For those more technical.

US-CERT is aware of active exploitation of a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This vulnerability affects IE versions 6 through 11 and could allow unauthorized remote code execution.
US-CERT recommends that users and administrators review Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983 for mitigation actions and workarounds. Those who cannot follow Microsoft's recommendations, such as Windows XP users, may consider employing an alternate browser.
For more details, please see VU#222929.

3) For further reading:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2014/04/26/microsoft-releases-security-advisory.aspx

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/us-cert-and-kb-2963983-dont-use-drive-enabled-internet-explorer-241467





On Apr 28, 2014, at 20:53 CDT, Rob Kaiser <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I just heard on the news that there is a security issue with internet explorer. 
> 
> I heard that Microsoft is advising that people use a differnet different web browser. 
> 
> Does anyone know the particulars on this?
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
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