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Hackers bypassing IE patch with Word bugs
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| Attackers are exploiting the just-patched vulnerability in Internet Explorer
| (IE) by hiding malicious ActiveX controls in Microsoft Word documents,
| according to security researchers.
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| "Inside the document is an ActiveX control, and in that control is a line
| that makes it call out to the site that's hosting the malware," said David
| Marcus, the director of security research and communications for McAfee's
| Avert Labs. "This is a pretty insidious way to attack people, because it's
| invisible to the eye, the communication with the site."
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http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=108625
Recent:
MS issues brown alert over unpatched IE 7 flaw
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| Microsoft warned on Saturday that attacks targeting the vulnerability, which
| affects versions of its flagship browser on all supported versions of
| Windows, are becoming more widespread. The security bug first came to
| prominence a week ago, just before the latest edition of Microsoft's update
| cycle.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/ie7_exploits/
Microsoft rushes out emergency Windows update
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| Microsoft is about to issue an emergency security update to plug a
| vulnerability which could allow an internet worm to be spread via a computer
| without the user doing anything.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/23/windows_emergency_update/
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
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