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Worm Takes Advantage Of Microsoft Flaw

By On October 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Just as I had predicted it would happen, there are already reports that a worm exploiting the hole in the “Server Service” has been seen in the wild. Microsoft released yesterday a critical “out-of-band” patch (MS08-067) release having known about the issue for a while.

Milw0rm, an exploit tracking Internet [...]

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Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch

By On October 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The same principals behind gaining a root shell for a Unix system, apply for Windows systems allowing the attacker to execute remote code.

Today Microsoft release an emergency patch with a maximum severity rating of “Critical”, for Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1, SP2 and SP3, and Windows 2003; and [...]

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