It’s about time a government stepped into the Internet security fold; I’ve been telling friends and family for years about the ridiculous security problems with Internet Explorer and, finally, it seems my words have made their way to Germany’s higher ups.
The German government urged the public on Tuesday to temporarily stop using Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer following discovery of a yet-to-be repaired bug in the Web browser that the software maker said makes PCs vulnerable hacker attacks.
It issued the warning as a researcher said he found evidence that suggests the hackers who exploited the flaw were seeking to attack defense contractors. Continue Reading
