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Microsoft: 25,000 PCs attacked with latest Windows zero day
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The Windows Help and Support Center vulnerability that was patched with yesterday’s MS10-042 bulletin was under active attack by malware miscreants, especially in Europe where Microsoft tracked about 25,000 attempts to exploit the vulnerability.
According to Microsoft’s Holly Stewart, the attacks escalated significantly when the company announced the issue would be fixed in this month’s Patch Tuesday. In a blog post to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) blog, Stewart said the attacks started a few weeks ago and have continued to expand and some new attack patterns have come into play. |
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| 15 Jul 2010 | #2 |
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And of course you are safe if you are not running Windows XP :)
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Quote: Originally Posted by logicearth
And of course you are safe if you are not running Windows XP :)
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Quote: Originally Posted by logicearth
And of course you are safe if you are not running Windows XP :)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-042 - Critical: Vulnerability in Help and Support Center Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2229593) It's actually Windows XP SP2 and SP3 that this critically affects. Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit are not affected. 
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| 15 Jul 2010 | #5 |
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old news = new news
every year the same problem with some Microsoft product, maybe someday they will really understand the notion of security (win7 is a start) :) |
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It's not just microsoft. Checkout secunia.com. It's everything on every OS. Specifically look up Opera, FireFox and Internet Explorer for a little eye opening.
Sadly though Larger companies like Microsoft are doing their best to be serious about it. Joe bedroom plugin programmer is not, so vulnerabilites will /always/ be creeping in as long as "anyone" can write software for any particular platform. Of course being a coder I hope that the day that all software has to be "verified" by official sanctioning government bodies NEVER comes. The problems with virii are miniscule compated to that dystopian future 
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Quote: Originally Posted by maranello
old news = new news
every year the same problem with some Microsoft product, maybe someday they will really understand the notion of security (win7 is a start) :) |
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Quote: Originally Posted by JonM33
Apple and Linux are affected with their own as well and require updates.
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Quote: Originally Posted by maranello
old news = new news
every year the same problem with some Microsoft product, maybe someday they will really understand the notion of security (win7 is a start) :) How We Test Software at Microsoft, Alan Page, Book - Barnes & Noble |
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i agree with you guys, as long as there will be internet, we can be sure that hackers will find a way to penetrate every company / software
we can just hope that one day things will radically change and the vulnerability of systems will no longer be an issue... (wild guess, i know) |
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