Microsoft confirms IE zero-day behind Google attack

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "Olan, Michael" <Michael.Olan () stockton edu>
> Date: January 15, 2010 12:08:27 PM EST
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Microsoft confirms IE zero-day behind Google attack

> Computerworld - Microsoft issued a security advisory today that  
> warned users of a critical and unpatched vulnerability in Internet  
> Explorer (IE), and acknowledged that it had been used to hack  
> several companies' networks.
>
> "We have determined that Internet Explorer was one of the vectors  
> used in targeted and sophisticated attacks against Google and  
> possibly other corporate networks," said Mike Reavey, director of  
> Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC), in a post to the  
> group's blog.
>
> ...
>
> The rest of the story here: 
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9144938/Microsoft_confirms_IE_zero_day_behind_Google_attack?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2010-01-15
>
>
> -----
> Michael Olan
> Professor of Computer Science & Info Systems
> Richard Stockton College
> Pomona, NJ 08240



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