Internet Explorer Exploits Used to Target Activists

From Google Security: “We’ve noticed some highly targeted and apparently politically motivated attacks against our users. We believe activists may have been a specific target…

All these attacks abuse a publicly-disclosed MHTML vulnerability for which an exploit was publicly posted in January 2011. Users browsing with the Internet Explorer browser are affected.” (Read more from Google here).

Yet another reason to stop using Internet Explorer! Learn about alternatives in Tibet Action’s Micro Lesson on Better Browsing in English or Tibetan — and make the switch now.

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