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MS Word Zero-Day Exploit Found

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.'"

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  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