Microsoft Windows Vista Kernel Unspecified Remote Denial Of Service
Vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24816/info
How big is the botnet problem?
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| Gigantic. Watchdog organization Shadowserver Foundation monitors the number
| of detected command-and-control servers -- which indicates how many
| individual botnets are out there -- and the number of clients these servers
| control.
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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2007/070607-botnets-side.html?fsrc=rss-security
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Microsoft Patches Not One, But Three Vista Holes
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| Microsoft today released an update for the recently popular 'animated
| cursor' vulnerability. The update was originally scheduled for April
| 10th, but due to recent exploits, was rushed out today. The update
| wasn't just for this one vulnerability though, in Vista, it addressed two
| others, and in all covered seven vulnerabilities in Vista, XP and
| 2000.
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http://itsvista.com/2007/04/microsoft-patches-not-one-but-three-vista-holes/
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