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[News] QuickTime Makes Fully-patches Windows Remotely Hijackable

Researcher Finds New Flaw in QuickTime for Windows

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| A security think tank says it has found a vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime 
| multimedia player that can be exploited remotely to compromise Windows Vista 
| PCs upgraded to Service Pack 1, as well as XP SP2.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145189/researcher_finds_new_flaw_in_quicktime_for_windows.html

VXers slap copyright notices on malware

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| Malware authors have lifted a page from the legit software industry's rule 
| book and are slapping copyright notices on their Trojans. 
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| One Russian-based outfit has claimed violations of its "licensing agreement" 
| by its underworld customers will result in samples of the knock-off code 
| being sent to anti-virus firms.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/28/malware_copyright_notice/


Recent:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million 
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses 
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm

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