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IE hole exposes Web surfers´ private data
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 05/12/2000 11:18 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft is working on a patch that will prevent its Internet Explorer browser from inadvertently letting Web sites peer into any visitor´s cookie files.
Security enthusiasts Bennett Haselton and Jamie McCarthy demonstrated how a simple substitution in Web addresses (URLs) can foil IE´s security checks, exposing the cookie files that Web sites place on visitors´ computers. Cookies authenticate people´s identities when they return to Web sites and store data about visitors´ activities and purchases.
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Security enthusiasts Bennett Haselton and Jamie McCarthy demonstrated how a simple substitution in Web addresses (URLs) can foil IE´s security checks, exposing the cookie files that Web sites place on visitors´ computers. Cookies authenticate people´s identities when they return to Web sites and store data about visitors´ activities and purchases.
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