Internet Explorer 8 Zero-Day Vulnerability

Published January 07, 2013

**ATTENTION**: If you are a current New River Computing client covered under our RMM Service Plan, you need not worry about this vulnerability. We have automatically deployed the fix to your computers. Recently, there has been an Internet Explorer (zero-day) remote code execution vulnerability found being exploited in the wild which affects IE 8, as well as IE 6 & 7. Current exploitation is… Read more

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How cyber-criminals steal money from bank accounts.

Published December 17, 2012

Here’s a great info-graphic from the security researchers at F-Secure that explains how cyber-criminals steal money from bank accounts. The original post can be found here. Read more

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IE Zero-Day Fixit Tool available

Published September 20, 2012

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it would be issuing an out-of-band patch on Friday, in response to the latest zero-day Internet Explorer vulnerability discovered this past weekend. For those users concerned about waiting, Microsoft released a FixIt tool on Wednesday that will temporarily neutralize the threat. Microsoft “FixIt” tools, are automated solutions that can diagnoses and… Read more

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New IE Zero-Day vulnerability discovered.

Published September 18, 2012

Security researcher Eric Romang has discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which he claims will affect fully patched versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9. The exploits, developed over the weekend for the Metasploit exploit toolkit, have been linked to Nitro, the same group of hackers from China who were exploiting two Java zero-days in late August. “Since… Read more

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Disable Java…NOW!!!

Published September 04, 2012

Unfortunately, it appears that Java is once again unsafe. Over the weekend, the good folks over at security firm FireEye spotted a new attack that exploits a vulnerability in Java to install a Trojan named Poison Ivy, which communicates with C&C servers in China and Singapore. Since there’s no fix in sight, it is highly recommended that users turn off/disable Java in their browsers.… Read more

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