Zero Day Protection with Privilege Management
Have you used Internet Explorer to visit a malicious website recently? Have you used Internet Explorer to visit any website lately? How do you know for sure that you are not infected? On September 17, 2012 a zero-day vulnerability for Internet Explorer versions 6-9 was reported affecting everything from Windows XP to Windows 7 and Windows Servers. Zero-day vulnerabilities are a common fact of life, but the same old approaches to protection continue to be insufficient. Let’s discuss this vulnerability and how privilege management can mitigate the impact. In the case of this zero-day vulnerability, a malicious website can be crafted then unsuspecting victims can visit it with Internet Explorer only to be exploited. Once exploited, security software can be disabled, files are downloaded or malicious software is installed so that system can be reused as a zombie or SPAM relay. Traditional endpoint security technologies often struggle with zero-day vulnerabilities as there is no