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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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The IE Cumulative Security Update for August 2007 is now available via Windows, Microsoft and Automatic Update. Information about the cumulative update can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms07-027.mspx The update fixes three remote code execution vulnerabilities and...
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