Microsoft confirms the existence of a gap in the “Internet Explorer”

 

Confirmed “Microsoft” American company specialized in the field of software, on Saturday and a gap in the versions, VI, VII and VIII of its Internet browser “Internet Explorer”, where they were exploited by hackers to control your computer device to the victim. 

He said engineers working in the company they are currently working on a holistic tinkering to this loophole, which was described as serious, after they opened preliminary alternative solution can protect users “Internet Explorer”, which affected the gap, until the creation of the final patching sponsor to solve the problem entirely. 

The company also confirmed that the ninth and tenth versions of the browser “Internet Explorer” were not affected by the gap discovered, therefore urged users who upgrade to these versions. 

According to many of the companies that deal with security informational, it has been exploited gap “serious” by hackers and enabled them to control computer personal operating system and Windows, which has its users visit the site “Council on Foreign Relations” on the Internet (which is a non-profit foreign policy of America). 

The reason behind the affected visitors site “Council on Foreign Relations,” the gap, according to a company “FireEye” security to a group infiltrating the site and included symbols software can exploit the gap in the eighth issue of “Internet Explorer” in the organs of visitors during the period of the control group on the site, and in accordance with Chief Scientist Company “FireEye”, Darren Kaendilond lasted hackers control over the site of the Council from 21 to 26 December / this December. 

And added Kaendilond that malicious code hidden in the site of the Council used player flash files “Adobe Flash Player” to facilitate the implementation of the electronic attack, and said Kaendilond he suspected the existence of a gap in the Flash Player, or whether other hackers loophole exploited unaware of their existence in the organs of the victims of the attack. 

The company “Kaspersky Lab” Russian security had been revealed last month in a report, for more applications vulnerable to malicious software, where he was the “Internet Explorer” from the applications of the five most vulnerable to it, where the share of the browser of total cyber attacks 3% for the quarter third of the year.