Topic: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft patching IE hole used by China cyber spies
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Microsoft said Tuesday it is working around the clock to patch an Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6) software hole through which China-based cyber spies attacked Google and other firms.</p><p>Microsoft is testing a security fix and will make ...
Microsoft cuts IP address storage to 6 months
AP News
<div id="subtitle">Microsoft cuts storage time for search query addresses from 18 months to 6</div><div><p>Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it would shorten the time it stores Internet users' addresses from Web search queries from 18 months to six ...
Web browser vulnerability used in Google attacks: Microsoft
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Microsoft said Thursday that a security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser was used in cyberattacks which prompted Google to threaten to shut down its operations in China.</p><p>Web security firm MaAfee Inc. said meanwhile that the attacks ...
Microsoft discloses zero-day IE flaw used in China attacks
SC Magazine
<div id="subtitle">The organized and well-resourced cybercriminals who compromised systems at Google, Adobe and more than 30 other large companies used a previously unknown, zero-day Internet Explorer exploit as part of their arsenal to install data-stealing malware on target machines, researchers at McAfee revealed Thursday.</div ...
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