On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:27:38 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> The future of malware: Trojan horses
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> | The stealthy attacks install keystroke-logging or screen-scraping
> | software, and they are used for industrial espionage and other
> | financially motivated crimes, experts said.
> |
> | [...]
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> | Most attacks include Office files that use yet-to-be-patched
> | vulnerabilities in the Microsoft application to install malicious code
> | on vulnerable systems. The software giant has patched many such flaws
> | on recent Patch Tuesdays.
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> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6125453.html
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> Such attacks are alleviated in Linux as patches flow in regularly (without
> requiring prompts, reboots, or several weeks of unnerving periods of
> waiting), users are not encouraged/forced to inherit full system privileges,
> and Open Office is more secure.
Lying again Roy?
I don't see Linux mentioned in the above article nor do I see OpenOffice
mentioned.
You really are getting desperate aren't you Roy?
> OpenOffice.org Spurns Security Worries
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> | OpenOffice.org has rejected accusations that its open-source
> | application suite is at least as susceptible to attack as Microsoft's
> | Office in a terse statement posted on its Web site.
> |
> | "The OpenOffice.org community confirms it regards security as of the
> | highest importance and will react immediately to any security issues,"
> | the statement read.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061003/tc_cmp/193101143
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