Widespread Attacks Exploit Newly-Patched IE Bug

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 23, 2010 @03:01AM from the of-fish-and-barrels dept.

itwbennett writes "The first widespread attack to leverage the Internet Explorer flaw that Microsoft patched in an emergency update Thursday morning has surfaced. By midday Thursday Symantec had spotted hundreds of Web sites that hosted the attack code. The attack installs a Trojan horse program that is able to bypass some security products and then give hackers access to the system, said Joshua Talbot, a security intelligence manager with Symantec. Once it has infected a PC, the Trojan sends a notification e-mail to the attackers, using a US-based, free e-mail service that Symantec declined to name." Relatedly, reader N!NJA was among several to point out that Microsoft has apparently been aware of this flaw since September.

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Cum by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-23 03:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's what for breakfast.
1. Re:Cum by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-23 03:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  So you eat your own cum, does that make you gay?
2. Re:Cum by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-23 03:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Since every guy who has ever lived has tasted his own cum, I would say no.
3. Re:Cum by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-23 03:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  So you eat your own cum
  Yes.
  
  does that make you gay?
  No. Does beating off make you gay? After all, when you masturbate you're stroking a hard cock...