Poison applet blights browsers

Crackers can use a malicious Java applet to hijack Internet sessions - leaving victims not so blissfully unaware.

Exploiters can re-direct Web traffic once it has left the proxy server to a destination of the attacker's choice, Microsoft warns.

The software giant has issued a patch which it describes as "critical" for client systems. Netscape advises users to upgrade to either version 6.2 and 6.2.1 of its browser (which includes an updated Sun JVM plug-in) that guards against this potential risk.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24295.html


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