Microsoft Suck Part II

by Huei

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 12:10 PM

News:German Government Urges Citizens to Stop Using IE 

It looks like the recent attack against Google has caused the German Government to urge all IE users to stop using that browser. A couple of days ago, McAfee released a detailed report regarding the cyber-attack on Google and other major technology companies, stating that there is a flaw in all versions of Internet Explorer, allowing hackers to gain complete control of the compromised system. Microsoft has also admitted that IE was one of the vectors used in the targeted and sophisticated attack. While the vulnerability that allow hackers to perform a Remote Code Execution is being fixed by Microsoft, the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (known as BSI), has warned its citizens about the vulnerabilities and urged them to switch to alternative browsers until the problem has been fixed.

France: No IE For Us Either

 

If you think that the recent attack on Google is nothing to worry about, countries like Germany, and now even France thinks so otherwise. Following the German BIS’s move who warned its citizens against using the vulnerable browser, the French Government, Certa, an organization to protect users against cyber threats, has also warned users against using IE. After the initial warning set off by the German Government, a Microsoft spokesman in Germany said that such move is unnecessary because the recent attack was strictly against Google, and that there are no threats to general users. It’s always better to be safe than sorry, moreover, the ways to exploit the flaw has already been posted in detail online.

paste from http://www.lowyat.net/v2/

So this is the fact that the bigger you are, there will be the bigger chance to become target. So don't proud that if you are bigger company, you will be invulnerable. Actually windows is the one corrupted my hard disk, not virus.