Monthly Archives: July 2009

New IE vulnerability being exploited

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

The security community is already seeing examples of drive-by downloads taking advantage of a newly-announced vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is explained here and the exploit is described (in Chinese) here.

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Ninth circuit affirms rights of anti-malware companies

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

In an important case for the anti-malware industry, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that anti-virus firm Kaspersky was protected by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) in deciding … Continue reading →

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Goldsmith: Govt. should set PC security standards

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

In a New York Times op-ed piece today, Harvard Law School Professor and Berkman Center Faculty Co-Director Jack Goldsmith called on the federal government to regulate consumer-level PC security: Our digital security problems start with ordinary computer users who do … Continue reading →

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