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  • >> PAM: IIN AN UNPRECEDENTED

  • MOVE. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF

  • HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ISSUED

  • A WARNING FOR PEOPLE ON THE

  • INTERNET. TELLING THEM NOT

  • TO USE ONE OF THE MOST

  • POPULAR INTERNET BROWSERS.

  • >> PAM: OUR TECH REPORTER

  • GABE SLATE IS HERE FILL US

  • IN.

  • >> REPORTER:THIS IS A

  • SERIOUS THREAT.

  • DO NOT USE MICROSOFT'S WEB

  • BROWSER "INTERNET EXPLORER"

  • UNTIL THEY ISSUE AN UPDATE

  • CONTAINING A PATCH FOR A

  • SECURITY HOLE THAT HAS BEEN

  • DISCOVERD.

  • >> REPORTER:I=E. IS USED BY

  • ABOUT 50-PERCENT OF THE

  • DESKTOP COMPUTERS OUT THERE

  • SO THIS AFFECTS A LOT

  • PEOPLE.

  • IT IS RARE THAT THE

  • GOVERNMENT ISSUES A WARNING

  • LIKE THIS

  • >> REPORTER:SO. WE SHOULD

  • ALL TAKE THIS SERIOUS AND

  • TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT

  • OURSELVES. .

  • >> REPORTER:THE DEPARTMENT

  • OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S

  • COMPUTER EMERGENCY READINESS

  • TEAM ISSUED THIS WARNING FOR

  • PEOPLE TO NOT USE INTERNET

  • EXPLORER.

  • >> REPORTER:THIS ARM OF THE

  • GOVERNMENT REGULARLY ISSUES

  • BROWSER ADVISORIES, BUT IT'S

  • RARE THAT THEY RECOMMEND

  • THAT PEOPLE AVOID USING A

  • SPECIFIC BROWSER.

  • >> REPORTER:THEY ARE

  • ADVISING PEOPLE TO USE A

  • DIFFERENT WEB BROWSER LIKE

  • CHROME, FIREFOX, OR SAFARI

  • UNTIL MICROSOFT RELEASES A

  • PATCH.

  • >> REPORTER:THIS SECURITY

  • HOLE THAT HAS BEEN

  • DISCOVERED IN I=E LETS

  • HACKERS CONTROL A COMPUTER

  • REMOTELY AND GAIN ACCESS TO

  • SENSITIVE PERSONAL

  • INFORMATION.

  • >> REPORTER:KEEP IN MIND.

  • ANYONE IN CONTROL OF YOUR

  • COMPUTER CAN SPY ON

  • EVERYTHING YOU DO. IF IT'S A

  • PC AT WORK, HACKERS CAN

  • REACH INTO ANYTHING AN

  • EMPLOYEE HAS ACCESS TO.

  • >> REPORTER:THIS TYPE OF

  • ATTACK IS PARTICULARLY

  • NASTY, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS

  • EVERY VERSION OF THE WEB

  • BROWSER FROM IE6 THROUGH

  • IE11.

  • >> REPORTER:BECAUSE THE HACK

  • USES A CORRUPTED ADOBE FLASH

  • FILE TO ATTACK THE VICTIM'S

  • COMPUTER, USERS CAN AVOID IT

  • BY DISABLING ADOBE FLASH.

  • >> REPORTER:THERE IS ALSO

  • SPECIAL SOFTWARE YOU CAN RUN

  • ON YOUR COMPUTER CALLED

  • "ENHANCED MITIGATION

  • EXPERIENCE TOOLKIT"

  • >> REPORTER:BUT IF YOU WANT

  • A SIMPLE WAY TO DEAL WITH

  • THIS THREAT UNTIL MICROSOFT

  • SENDS OUT AN IE UPDATE TO

  • FIX THIS. JUST OVOID USING

  • INTERNET EXPLORER FOR NOW.

  • >> REPORTER:MICROSOFT WILL

  • GET THE FIX OUT AS SOON AS

  • THEY CAN PROBABLY WITHIN A

  • FEW DAYS.

>> PAM: IIN AN UNPRECEDENTED

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