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____/ nessuno on Friday 22 Jan 2010 17:10 : \____
> <Quote>
> Microsoft first knew of the bug used in the infamous Operation Aurora
> IE exploits as long ago as August, four months before the
> vulnerability was used in exploits against Google and other hi-tech
> firms in December, it has emerged.
>
> Redmond's security gnomes finally got around to patching the exploit
> on Thursday. the hack attacks against Google et al targeted IE 6, a
> browser first released in 2001. Exploits involved tricking users of
> vulnerable browsers into visiting booby-trapped websites. These sites
> downloaded the Hydraq backdoor Trojan and other malicious components
> onto compromised PCs....
>
> A quick search of Secunia's database, via its PSI patching tool,
> reveals a problem with an unpatched ActiveX control that looks just as
> bad, for example.
> </Quote>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/aurora_exploit_known_months/
Microsoft can probably be sued for negligence.
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