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Stop using Microsoft's IE browser until bug is fixed, US warns
Cnet ^
| Apr 28, 2014
| Seth Rosenblatt
Posted on 04/28/2014 1:52:29 PM PDT by dayglored
In a rare move that highlights the severity of the security hole in one of the Web's most popular browsers, the Homeland Security Department's Computer Emergency Readiness Team says to stop using Internet Explorer until Microsoft can fix it.
Security firm FireEye said that it is currently being used to attack financial and defense organizations in the US via Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11. Those versions of the browser run on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8, although the exploit is present in Internet Explorer 6 and above.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: cert; ie; microsoft; tech; windows
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Folks, this is serious. We are under attack.
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:52:30 PM PDT
by
dayglored
To: dayglored; ShadowAce; Swordmaker
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:52:59 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
10,000 code monkeys can’t provide a temporary fix in a day?
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:53:50 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: dayglored
I’m at work, can’t stay online here, but please, spread the word.
4
posted on
04/28/2014 1:54:08 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
Received an IE update late this afternoon.
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:55:48 PM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: Paladin2
10,000 code monkeys can’t provide a temporary fix in a day? Not and maintain unfettered NSA access.
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:57:11 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: Admin Moderator
I didn’t presume to put this in Breaking News, but you might consider it, given the seriousness of the warning from CERT. This could represent a cyber-attack on our defenses. I think CERT knows more than they are saying.
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:57:40 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: hsmomx3
>
Received an IE update late this afternoon. That's not the "fix" for this flaw; none has been announced yet (that I'm aware of).
8
posted on
04/28/2014 1:59:29 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: null and void
So the “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation” is really the NSA Foundation?
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posted on
04/28/2014 1:59:32 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
They at least know each other (in the Biblical sense)...
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:01:00 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: dayglored
create a non-admin user account and use that..
solves 99% of the problem.
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:02:36 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: dayglored
Is it just me, or does anyone else find IE’s interface a bit obscure compared to Firefox or Chrome?
To: Revolting cat!; GeronL
They had me at “Stop using Microsoft’s IE browser”
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:05:23 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: dayglored
Guess will take this attack and wait for the next attack. Even though is not all right. Sometimes one has to be strong. One day is just one day.
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:06:41 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: dayglored
I wondered about that...what timing, right?
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:07:50 PM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: null and void
I guess nsa wants us to live and let live ... LOL
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:08:12 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: dayglored
So, me using IE to read FR can bring down a government computer.
Can choose which one?
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:10:54 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: cableguymn
Multiple accounts do make for confusion. May confusion ever reign supreme unless one can pin-point the truth. Then am all for the truth. Is cheaper than a credit card.
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:11:43 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: cableguymn
>
create a non-admin user account and use that.. solves 99% of the problem. Not really. If it were that easy, there wouldn't be all this panic.
Are you saying you don't care if (as a non-admin user) the attacker gets all your (non-admin) financial data and passwords and other personal info? Really?
So what if it can't trash the entire computer -- It gets all it can from your non-admin user account, and that's enough to trash you.
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:15:16 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: Paladin2
I think they want to drive business to their cohort Firefox. Can’t fix it if it serves their purposes, sort of like Obamacare.
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posted on
04/28/2014 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
Kenny
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