● 01.16.10

●● Germany’s Office for Information Security Warns Against Microsoft’s Internet Explorer After China Attacks

Posted in Microsoft, Security, Windows at 5:17 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Few updates about Internet Explorer flaws and the resultant situation

• German web security office warns of ‘critical’ flaws in Internet Explorer

↺ German web security office warns of ‘critical’ flaws in Internet Explorer

> Germany’s Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued a warning against using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE). The advisory follows cyber attacks against Google believed made possible by the IE weaknesses.

• Security experts dissect Google China attack

↺ Security experts dissect Google China attack

• New IE hole exploited in attacks on U.S. firms

↺ New IE hole exploited in attacks on U.S. firms

• L.A. Law Firm Reports Cyber Attack From China

↺ L.A. Law Firm Reports Cyber Attack From China

> A Los Angeles law firm representing a company suing China for allegedly stealing its software code announced its computers have come under a cyber-attack that originated in the Asian nation and that the FBI is investigating the attempted intrusion.

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