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Malware Targets Shortcut Flaw In Windows, SCADA
tsu doh nimh writes "Anti-virus researchers have discovered a new strain of malicious software that spreads via USB drives and takes advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in the way Microsoft Windows handles '.lnk' or shortcut files. Belarus-based VirusBlokAda discovered malware that includes rootkit functionality to hide the malware, and the rootkit drivers appear to be digitally signed by Realtek Semiconductor, a legitimate hi-tech company. In a further wrinkle, independent researcher Frank Boldewin found that the complexity and stealth of this malware may be due to the fact that it is targeting SCADA systems, or those designed for controlling large, complex and distributed control networks, such as those used at power and manufacturing plants. Meanwhile, Microsoft says it's investigating claims that this malware exploits a new vulnerability in Windows."
More like anti-virus scaremongers.
Yep.
Yet another Mac OS component that Microsoft blatantly copied with Win95 - except Mac did the shortcuts properly. Win95 also copied the trashcan, finder, desktop arrangement, and shutdown procedure. When I first laid hands on Win95 I thought to myself, "This feels just like my Quadra Mac."
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