A few weeks ago we posted about Internet Explorer’s most recent vulnerability issue. In that post we noted that IE’s security problems allow millions of computers to be turned into zombie slaves for spammers and other unsavory elements on the Internet. This week one of the worst offenders in the IE family is being buried in effigy by Denver based design firm Aten Design Group. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Internet Explorer’
RIP Internet Explorer 6
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Tags: botnet, Internet Explorer, zombie
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Internet Explorer’s Zero Day Vulnerability
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Recent tech news reports have been buzzing about a new zero-day vulnerability in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. While this is not strictly a spam or email issue we thought it was worth mentioning because this attack vector can ultimately be used to seize control of exposed machines and turn them into zombies in some spammer’s botnet.
Tags: browsers, FireFox, Internet Explorer, malware, Opera
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