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9th February 2002 Archive

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  • IE bug allows full MSN Messenger hijack

    I send you this guy's files in order to have a laugh

    The recent privacy stuff-up in Messenger "pales in comparison to what can be done if you use MSN Messenger through unpatched IE vulnerabilities," security researchers Tom Gilder and Thor Larholm have discovered. Among the fun and games one can have with a vulnerable Messenger user are such sports as impersonating the victim and …

    Business 9 Feb 2002, 22:11