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WinAmp Security Hole Discovered, Patched
Sbarbero writes "According to Techworld.com, a significant security hole has been discovered in NullSoft's WinAmp, meaning everyone should upgrade to the 5.03 version the makers have just put out right now. Security company NGS has found that the exploit 'can be activated remotely simply by rendering a specially crafted html document' and will run arbitrary code - they have a full advisory on their site." Oddly enough, the vulnerability is in the playback for the classic .XM 'tracker' music format.
See, it pays to be a cyber-luddite. I'm still using version 2.91
http://www.foobar2000.org/
Being called a dork on Slashdot must be like being called the retard in special ed.
Hey! Even though new songs don't pop up as often as they used to, there still are a lot of old ones that are worth listening to.
Who uses... pff :)
"Stop failing the Turing test!" -- Dilbert
I don't know about you but I do not find it very surprising when I hear that Windows or a Windows software suffer from a vunerability. It is so common by now that it's like saying unions encourage lazyness, as much as we know about it people don't care they consider it normal because it too much of a fact and nobody truly does something about it. They feel powerless.
Hearing that a similar vunerability has been found on Linux or the Mac would surprise me a lot, not because they are immune to it but more because of the rarity of such an announcement, imagine my surprise when I read a few month ago that a vunerability was found in Open BSD, many were talking about it, but Windows...
Thats actually the evil of it, there are so much holes in that system and its related software that its even getting annoying to hear about it...
And disinterest is the best weapon Microsoft could ever get...