Security researchers are concerned about new variants of the Sality virus, which exploit the currently unpatched Windows shortcut vulnerability. Microsoft reports a surge in related attack traffic generated by threats from the Sality family of malware.The recently discovered bug in how Windows processes shortcuts (id... |
31 July 2010
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Microsoft plans to deliver a fix for the critical LNK vulnerability, currently being exploited in the wild, on Monday. The software giant has decided to ship the fix as an out-of-band update in light of an increase in the number of attacks targeting the flaw.“Today we're announcing plans to release a secur... |
31 July 2010
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According to Microsoft, the recently discovered piece of malware, which exploits a previously unknown Windows vulnerability, is most active in Iran and Indonesia. The software giant has also worked with Verisign and Realtek to revoke the rogue certificate used by the threat.The new malware, which Microsoft dubbed Stu... |
20 July 2010
03:15 GMT |
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A reverse engineer has published Proof-of-Concept attack code exploiting the critical LNK processing vulnerability confirmed by Microsoft last week. Meanwhile, another researcher has released a tool, which allows users to protect themselves until a permanent patch becomes available.A reverse engineer, going by the on... |
19 July 2010
10:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has released an advisory confirming a previously unknown vulnerability in the way Windows processes shortcut files. The critical bug is trivial to exploit, affects all versions of Windows and allows for arbitrary code execution.The vulnerability (CVE-2010-2568) came to Microsoft's attention after Belar... |
17 July 2010
03:47 GMT |
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