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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.'"
Note earlier Slashdot post that it only effects the Lenovo brand of PC's.
We can all take advantage of this - from now on if a vendor sends you a Word document insist that for security reasons they cannot open it and should send you a PDF or OpenOffice document instead.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
NO
Well, now I know I made the right decision when I started using LaTeX for all my presentation documents and flat textfiles w/i postgres databases for all my data storage needs.
Perhaps clicking on the link would have given more information to you.
I'm getting sick of this bullshit.
It's growing increasingly obvious with every slanderous remark about the 'evil' Chinese that the West is trying to create a new 'Evil Empire' to scare us all with. Probably, (among other things), to fuel the endless weapons industry and keep the public too distracted to get down to the much-needed task of hanging all the president's men.
If the Chinese media weren't busy doing the same thing to their own populace, I'd be slightly less worried, but the fact of the matter is that 'somebody' wants us all fearing and hating one another. What a load of crap!
When you can watch unfolding such a deliberate effort to herd the world's population into specific (stupid and self-destructive) thought patterns, it seems very obvious that there's already a One World Government nestled in place, pulling all the strings, and generally being vile and nasty in their total disregard for compassion and decency.
Every time you see a story about the 'Evil Chinese' remember this: You are being manipulated.
But also remember, it is your choice as to whether or not you go along with it. I very much hope there is somebody saying the same things in Mandarin.
-FL
I shall ignore you instead.