Flaw found in new Microsoft browser
An Internet Explorer 7 flaw, found just hours after the browser's launch, could result in sensitive data such as your internet banking details falling into the hands of criminals, says Danish security firm Secunia.
"A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information," says an advisory published on the Secunia website.
"The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs ... This can be exploited to access documents served from another web site," the advisory reads.
The flaw enables attackers to steal user information that's being entered on a separate website, just as long as the user is visiting a site exploiting the flaw in another window.
