Using IE is like downing an HIV cum cocktail
A security consultant at a Black Hat conference showed how to exploit a flaw in Internet Explorer that turns your personal computer into a public file server. In other words, an attacker can remotely read files on the victim's local drive. The flaw is said to work across all versions of Internet Explorer.
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The Finnish airport operator, Finavia, may begin scanning travellers based on their religion or nationality. Speaking in an interview with Sunnuntaisuomalainen, Finavia security chief Jyri Vikström said the company may start profiling passengers if Finnish airports begin using body scanners. The profiling would look at people's behaviour at the airport, but also at their religion and nationality. Mr Vikström did not see profiling as an equality issue. However, Finavia later said in a brief statement that the company had no guidelines in place for selecting people to be body scanned based on nationality or religion. http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/domestic-news/general/9498-finland-may-profile-passengers-for-airport-body-scans-.htmlGermany: Stop using Internet Explorer!
The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security. The warning comes after Microsoft admitted IE was the weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems. Microsoft says the security hole can be shut by setting the browser's security zone to "high", although this limits functionality and blocks many websites. However, German authorities say that even this would not make IE fully safe.
