[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“I’ve always known that Internet Explorer was an
insecure mess, but this latest attacks on Google and dozens of
other companies has really opened my eyes to just how bad it really
is. The latest zero-day flaw exists not just in bad old IE 6, but
in every modern version of IE.“To be exact, according to Microsoft, the same security hole is
in IE6, IE7 and IE8 on Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server
2008, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 are vulnerable to attack. In
other words, if you’re running any remotely current version of IE
or Windows, you can be hacked. Great. Just great. How anyone on the
planet can actually believe Microsoft when, with every new release
of either their browser or operating system they claim that they’re
more secure, is beyond me.”