The German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology, also known as BSI, issued a statement recommending all the Internet users to replace the Internet Explorer with some other alternative browsers (such as Firefox etc.). This statement was also issued after the China-Google controversy. As of the BSI, IE explorers are more vulnerable to such malicious attacks.
They recommended the users to switch to other browsers; at-least till Microsoft provides a fix for issues like the recent cyber-attack.
McAfee released a report stating that, the IE versions have a critical pitfall that gives the hackers the ease to “perform reconnaissance and gain complete control over the compromised system.”, to which Microsoft declared that its developers are working on a update for the security gap. As per various reports, IE, the most used internet browser till date, is losing the market shares constantly. The reason is simple; Internet Explorer is slower and less secured than the other browsers in market and they are now giving a tough competition to Microsoft after the recent security issues.
The BSI also stated that, the Internet Explorer can’t be kept safe from hackers exploiting browsers and data even if IE is run in “Protected” mode or scripting options are disabled.
