Yesterday the government of Germany warned its citizens not to use Internet Explorer because the browser is the focus of zero-day attacks and no solution is offered to defend against it by security experts. Today the government of France issued the same advisory to its citizens.
[tags internet explorer,browser]
Last month, popular technology blogs espoused the use of clean machines to secure banking. At least one security blog advise the use of Linux instead of Windows operating system when conducting banking transactions. These is in the wake of phishing attacks and trojans to get login information.
Some however are cautioning that merely switching browsers will not solve the problems of phishing and malware. They likened this to driving the herd to a corral.
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[tags internet explorer,browser]
Last month, popular technology blogs espoused the use of clean machines to secure banking. At least one security blog advise the use of Linux instead of Windows operating system when conducting banking transactions. These is in the wake of phishing attacks and trojans to get login information.
Some however are cautioning that merely switching browsers will not solve the problems of phishing and malware. They likened this to driving the herd to a corral.
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