Internet Explorer Users Beware

On the same day that Microsoft released their Security Bulletins for the month of June, security firm Secunia released an Advisory for two "extremely critical" vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that aren't addressed by Microsoft yet. One vulnerability can be used to open files on the local computer and the other allows the attacker to cross over Internet Explorer security zones and execute software in the context of the Local Zone which typically has far fewer restrictions than the Internet Zone. With no acknowledgement yet from Microsoft regarding these flaws and active exploits in the wild being used to spread adware to vulnerable systems it is important that users protect themselves through other means. Secunia suggests disabling Active Scripting in Internet Explorer in all but the Trusted Sites zone or simply using a different web browser. For more information about configuring IE security or disabling Active Scripting see How To Configure Internet Explorer Security or Disable Active Scripting In Internet Explorer.