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Microsoft’s phasing out more support options

January 6, 2016 By David King Leave a Comment

Companies that have struggled to meet Microsoft’s end-of-life deadlines are about to find themselves with even fewer working options. Starting next week, support for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 will end.

Microsoft’s emergency patch: What it means for IT

August 19, 2015 By David King Leave a Comment

Microsoft put out perhaps its best advertisement for its new Edge browser yet: It has issued an emergency patch that affects every version of Internet Explorer, but not Edge.

Internet Explorer to get the Windows XP treatment

August 11, 2014 By David King Leave a Comment

Get ready: End-of-life for some popular versions of Internet Explorer will soon arrive just as it did for Windows XP. While it’s an easier fix than the defunct operating system, it could bring some headaches.

Is Internet Explorer a hacker’s best friend?

July 28, 2014 By David King Leave a Comment

Today’s cyberattacks aren’t the smash-and-grab tactics used in the past. Attackers are increasingly focused on acting on good intelligence for well-planned attacks – and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) is a favorite tool.

Warning: Web browsers need to be updated in wake of flaw

July 9, 2014 By David King Leave a Comment

A critical vulnerability in Adboe Flash was released yesterday. While some browsers will update automatically, others will need to be updated by IT to avoid attacks that could steal users log-in credentials.

Companies with Windows 7 users must take this step now

June 17, 2014 By David King Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s ever-confusing update policy just got a little more cloudy. If users don’t apply a recent update, they could soon find themselves locked out of Internet Explorer security patches.

Microsoft issues record-breaking IE patches

June 11, 2014 By David King Leave a Comment

On an otherwise quiet Patch Tuesday in June, Microsoft issued its single largest patch to a program ever. The update addresses 59 security issues in various versions of its flagship browser, Internet Explorer.

Zero-day affects most popular version of Internet Explorer

May 23, 2014 By David King Leave a Comment

Generally, vendors like to keep security flaws under wraps. Once notified, they’ll work on a fix and patch it before it can make news. But it’s been seven long months since a flaw was discovered in Internet Explorer 8 – and many are wondering Microsoft will ever do anything about it.

Internet Explorer zero-day leaves users vulnerable

April 28, 2014 By David King Leave a Comment

Whatever IT pros had on their to-do lists this week, something that just came up is probably going to trump it. It has to do with the popular browser Internet Explorer.

4 keys for secure web browsing

March 21, 2013 By Sam Narisi 1 Comment

There’s a lot of debate about which is the most secure web browser. Conventional wisdom says that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the most popular browser, is also the least secure because of the attention that hackers pay to it.

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