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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Windows Under Critical Attacks (No Patch/Fix Available)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Windows Under Critical Attacks (No Patch/Fix Available)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 23:58:22 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Critical Windows vulnerability under attack, Microsoft warns

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| Microsoft has warned of a critical security bug in older versions of its 
| Windows operating system that is already being exploited in the wild to 
| remotely execute malware on vulnerable machines.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/28/critical_microsoft_directx_vulnerability/

Microsoft warns about critical DirectShow vulnerability

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| Microsoft has found a critical vulnerability in the DirectX library for 
| Quicktime video playback, and it appears that the flaw is now being actively 
| exploited. The software giant has issued a security advisory which contains 
| quite detailed information about the vulnerability.   
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/139601


Last year:

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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