Hackers Use Banner Ads on Major Sites to Hijack Your PC
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| DoubleClick acknowledges the malware is out there, and says it has
| implemented a new security-monitoring system that has thus far captured and
| disabled a hundred ads.
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http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick
Related:
Microsoft: Attacks on Windows flaw rise
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| Once hackers have access to a computer, they can install any number
| of nasty programs -- ones that steal passwords or record keystrokes,
| which the hackers could then sell to identity thieves.
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| So far, he said, attacks have been limited to Web surfing with
| Internet Explorer versions 6 or 7. Firefox, the open-source
| browser from Mozilla, does not yet seem vulnerable.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vulnerability
Update: Windows zero-day flaw 'very dangerous,' experts say
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| "It doesn't require a PhD in hacking," Brown said. "The number of people
| who can use this is huge."
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| eEye considered it so dangerous that early this morning it released a
| rare unofficial patch to temporarily plug the dike. This is only the
| second time that eEye has put out an unsanctioned fix for a Microsoft bug.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015138&intsrc=hm_list
http://tinyurl.com/2fxpsu
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