Chinese crackers attack US.gov
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| Mills declined to speculate on the origins of the attacks but unnamed
| US government sources and security experts are pointing the finger of
| blame towards China. It's not the first time hackers in China have
| been accused of launching cyber-attacks on the computer systems of
| Western governments. Attacks on UK government systems using a then
| unpatched Microsoft Windows Meta File (WMF) exploit last Christmas
| were traced back to China.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/09/chinese_crackers_attack_us/
Quick reminder:
British parliament attacked using WMF exploit
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| According to a Home Office source, the U.K. government is concerned about
| the threat posed by Trojan attacks. A Home Office representative would
| not confirm or deny that an attack took place over Christmas.
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http://news.com.com/British+parliament+attacked+using+WMF+exploit/2100-7349_3-6029691.html?tag=nefd.top
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| "Just days after Microsoft rushed out a patch to fix a critical Windows
| flaw related to the processing of Windows Meta File images, two more
| problems with the component were flagged.
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| The newly disclosed issues could be a conduit for denial-of-service attacks
| according to a description sent to the Bugtraq mailing list on Monday. A
| core function of the Windows operating system, explorer.exe, will crash a
| vulnerable Windows PC if a user views a specially crafted WMF image,
| according to the description. Explorer runs the Windows user interface,
| including the Start menu, taskbar, desktop and file manager."
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http://news.com.com/More+WMF+problems+for+Microsoft/2100-1002_3-6024931.html
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