Microsoft to deliver patches by the dozen
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| There are 10 disclosed, but yet-to-be-patched security holes in
| various Microsoft products, according to eEye Security's zero-day
| flaw tracker. At least five flaws are known in Office and at least
| one in Visual Studio.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6157698.html
No wonder we have stats like these:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
It's a lost cause. Vista is also affected. More reasons to move the PCs over
to Linux as soon as possible.
Vista exploit found for sale for $50,000.00? Here it is!
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| Russian sites are starting to post proof of concept code now. I had
| little idea of how trivial this exploit would be to understand but it
| would seem that error message parameters are used to elevate
| privledges.
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http://kevin.hatfieldfamilysite.com/?p=60
eEye Research
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| Description:
| A flaw exists within Windows Vista that allows local privilege
| escalation to SYSTEM.
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| Operating Systems Affected:
| Microsoft Windows Vista
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http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20070119a.html
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