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Word Users, Prepare For Critical Update
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| Critical flaws pose the most headaches for system administrators. If
| exploited, this class of vulnerabilities could leave a system open to remote
| code execution. Since such code execution likely would be malicious, admins
| tend to want these holes closed as fast as possible.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/08/word-users-prepare-for-critical-update
Recent:
Microsoft investigates new Windows zero-day flaw
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| Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft, said in an
| email Thursday evening that the flaw allows for privilege escalation from
| authenticated user to LocalSystem in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows
| Vista, and Windows Server 2008.
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http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1310249,00.html
New Zealand teenager convicted over international cyber crime ring
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| Owen Thor Walker, 18, known by his online name "AKILL," was involved in a
| network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers and skimming millions
| of dollars from victims' bank accounts.
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http://news.smh.com.au/new-zealand-teenager-convicted-over-international-cyber-crime-ring/20080301-1vzs.html
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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