Microsoft warns of web attacks
Microsoft acknowledged this week that Internet Information Server (IIS), a component of the Windows 2000 Server, and holes in the Internet Explorer web browser are being used in widespread attacks that are compromising web pages and using them as launching pads for malicious computer code. Microsoft issued an alert late last Thursday and posted a web page with information on the attacks. The company urges customers to apply the latest security patches for both IIS and the Internet Explorer Web browser and increase the security settings on Internet Explorer browser. In an unusual move, Microsoft notes that users that are running its as-yet-unreleased Windows XP Service Pack 2 are protected.
The warnings from the company came as antivirus and computer security experts say that an organised gang of Russian hackers are behind the attacks and are using the security holes in a coordinated, global attack to steal sensitive personal and financial information from customers of leading banking and e-commerce websites.
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