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Hackers exploit Windows XP zero-day, Microsoft confirms
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| Hackers are now exploiting the zero-day
| Windows vulnerability that a Google
| engineer took public last week, Microsoft
| confirmed today.
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| Although Microsoft did not share details
| of the attack, other researchers filled in
| the blanks.
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| A compromised Web site is serving an
| exploit of the bug in Windows' Help and
| Support Center to hijack PCs running
| Windows XP, said Graham Cluley, a senior
| technology consultant at antivirus vendor
| Sophos. Cluley declined to identify the
| site, saying only that it was dedicated to
| open-source software.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178084/Hackers_exploit_Windows_XP_zero_day_Microsoft_confirms
Windows XP Zero-Day Targeted by Hackers in Drive-by Attack
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| Five days after being disclosed publicly
| by a Google engineer, a zero-day security
| vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows
| XP has come under attack. The
| controversial bug, which remains
| unpatched, gave rise to a new round of
| debate about responsible disclosure.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Windows-XP-ZeroDay-Targeted-by-Hackers-in-Driveby-Attack-817982/
Related:
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
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
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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