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MS Word Zero-Day Exploit Found

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-do-any-work-today dept.

subbers writes "A zero-day flaw in Microsoft Word program is being used in an active exploit by sophisticated hackers in China and Taiwan, according to warnings from anti-virus researchers. The exploit arrives as an ordinary Microsoft Word document attachment to an e-mail and drops a backdoor with rootkit features when the document is opened and the previously unknown vulnerability is triggered. From the article: 'The e-mail was written to look like an internal e-mail, including signature. It was addressed by name to the intended victim and not detected by the anti-virus software.'"

3 of 396 comments (clear)

  1. Oops.. by Akoma+The+Immortal · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Like this guy has been saying all along, commercial sofware are more dependable, reliable....


    For Hackers..

    Queen: *dong* *dong* *dong* another one bites the dust!.


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    assert(expired(knowldege)); core dump
  2. Re:Patch available by gregleimbeck · · Score: 0, Redundant

    +4 Funny? Everytime there is any MS vulnerability somebody makes this stupid patch joke and links to the OSS equivalent. If anything it should be modded redundant.

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    P.S.,

    This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.

  3. MS: OSS unreliableRe:At least it's not open source by lon3st4r · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A senior Microsoft executive told a BBC documentary that people should use commercial software if they're looking for stability. Read all about it here: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6074237.html?ta g=nl.e589