Internet Explorer users beware: the address bar is leaking everything you type

A bug has been uncovered in Internet Explorer which makes it possible for websites to view anything that is typed in to the address bar. This means that web addresses and search terms could be accessed by a hacker or malicious website. The vulnerability was discovered in the very latest version of Internet Explorer, and Microsoft is yet to release a patch for it. Discovered by security researcher Manuel Caballero, the attack can be made completely invisible to a victim. Writing on his website Broken Browser, Caballero explains that: "When a script is executed inside an object-html tag, the location… [Continue Reading]