As the discussions regarding the Internet Explorer vulnerability continues in the media, academia, and business and even in my daughter school where she is a teacher. The Government via the Cabinet Office has just released this statement.
“We take internet security very seriously. Complex software will always have vulnerabilities and motivated adversaries will always work to discover and take advantage of them. There is no evidence that moving from the latest fully patched versions of Internet Explorer to other browsers will make users more secure. Regular software patching and updating will help defend against the latest threats.”
The issue of keeping your operating system and all your application software up to date (patched as some of us will know it as) cannot be emphasised to strongly. It is as critical as anti-virus and anti-spyware both of which should also be set to automatic update, firewalls and secure wireless connections.
