__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Wednesday 11 October 2006 09:46 \__
> Microsoft warns of 5 "critical" security holes
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> | Microsoft Corp. issued five security patches on Tuesday to fix
> | "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software that
> | could allow an attacker to take over a users's computer.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061010:MTFH44407_2006-10-10_19-46-10_N10369017&type=comktNews&rpc=44
> http://tinyurl.com/omkuv
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> This translates into more SPAM and denial of service attacks in the present
> and future. Also see:
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> Microsoft rolls out fixes for more than two dozen flaws
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> | ...several of which are already being
> | actively exploited in the wild.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows&articleId=9004044&taxonomyId=125
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> The recent BBC report seems to align with this observation.
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> Trapping hackers in the honeypot
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> | Cleaning up the PC proved impossible. It was lucky we could just revert
> | to an earlier configuration. If the honeypot had been a home PC almost
> | everything stored on it, pictures, e-mails, might have been lost.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6035455.stm
Addendum:
Microsoft Releases 6 Patches for Flaws
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| Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released six patches to fix
| software flaws that carry its highest threat rating,
| including three for defects that attackers were already trying to exploit.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061010/microsoft_security.html?.v=10
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