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Story: Windows attack code released

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Posted by: robpow (Friday 17 November 2006, 2:53 PM)

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Risk of scaremongering

Although aiming for a worthwhile cause the wording of this article, especially the headline, is somewhat alarmist.

Instead of 'Attack code released' read 'proof-of-concept source code published'. There is currently no immediately usable code that attacks computers on the internet released in the wild. This might not sound as catchy as the article but is closer to the truth, if that matters?

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