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Microsoft Weighs In on Clickjacking

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 09 October 2008 - 10:18 · 5 comments & 3686 views

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Microsoft sure doesn't seem too worried about clickjacking. Should it be? Should you be? With all the recent buzz about clickjacking, a blog post is long overdue. So this afternoon I contacted Microsoft's PR agency with the simplest softball question—and some opportunity to promote Internet Explorer 8 security. My, but did I get an unexpected response.

My question: "Is there anything new in IE 8 that helps thwart or even prevents clickjacking? If so, can you put me on the phone with somebody to discuss the topic?" Instead, I got a general statement attributed to Bill Sisk, Microsoft's security response communications manager: "Microsoft is investigating new public claims of a possible vulnerability in Internet browsers and is in dialogue with the researcher. We're currently unaware of any attacks trying to use the claimed vulnerability or of customer impact."

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(1 reply) #1 Quick Reply on 09 Oct 2008 - 12:02
When you are unable to find a story that you can report, report that you were unable to find a story
#1.1 Gibwar on 09 Oct 2008 - 13:20
Woohoo! Isn't that how journalism goes these days? I mean, you have to have something to report right?
#2 XerXis on 09 Oct 2008 - 14:38
what else do you expect a PR agency to say? They probably don't even know what it is about.
#3 GEIST on 09 Oct 2008 - 22:05
Oh yeah, that's some heavy weighing in right there.
#4 smooth_criminal1990 on 10 Oct 2008 - 12:54
thing is, this is a vunerability in Adobe's flash player... so why are we asking MS about this?!

if in doubt, just use a flash blocker, or even better, just don't click the flashy thing in the first place

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