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Exploit Code Threatening Windows PCs
News The first exploit code takes advantage of a "critical" flaw in the Windows Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP, client, according to a customer alert sent out by the French Security Incident Response Team on Monday.
[July 26, 2006, 9:45]
Exploit Code Quick To Follow Microsoft Patches
News The exploit code for previously unknown flaws means hackers could use the code to pounce on computer systems where managers are slow to apply patches. Microsoft is aware that detailed exploit code was published on the Internet for some of the...
[June 15, 2006, 9:55]
Exploit Code Threatens Older Windows
News Exploit code has been published that could take advantage of flaws in Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, according to a warning issued on Thursday by Microsoft. Although the exploit code could be used to launch a denial-of...
[November 18, 2005, 8:00]
Exploit Code Raises Fresh Zotob Alarm
News Exploit code was published Friday for a Windows flaw similar to the vulnerability that led to the Zotob worm that wreaked havoc in August. The plug-and-play exploit code is not the first to surface for a flaw that was fixed in Microsoft's October...
[October 24, 2005, 9:35]
Exploit Code Out For Windows Flaw
News Two examples of computer code that exploit a flaw in Windows Media Player have become available only days after Microsoft released a patch to fix the bug. The appearance of proof-of-concept code is usually a sign that actual attacks are not far off.
[February 17, 2006, 8:45]
Exploit Code Aimed At New IE Flaw
News Microsoft's initial investigation reveals that this exploit code could allow an attacker to execute memory corruption," the representative said. Microsoft is not aware of any attacks that attempt to exploit the new IE vulnerability at this time, it...
[September 15, 2006, 9:30]
Exploit Code Release May Mean An Unhappy Windows Christmas
News A Chinese security group has released sample code to exploit two new unpatched flaws in Microsoft Windows. Because the flaws were accompanied by exploit code that shows how to take advantage of the security holes, Huger expected the exploits to be...
[December 24, 2004, 8:15]
Exploit Code Increases Threat Of IE Flaws
News Three unpatched flaws in Internet Explorer now pose a higher danger, a security company warned, after code to exploit one of the issues was published to the Internet. Exploit code for one of the vulnerabilities, a flaw in an HTML Help control, was...
[January 10, 2005, 7:40]
More Windows Exploit Code Published
News The exploit code takes advantage of a flaw in the way Windows handles certain graphics files. Microsoft is aware that detailed exploit code has been published on the Internet for the vulnerability that is addressed by Microsoft security bulletin...
[November 30, 2005, 8:20]
Windows Exploit Code Threat Multiplies
News The exploit posted on Thursday is another that could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control over a vulnerable computer. At least one exploit for that vulnerability also has been publicly released in the past two weeks.
[December 2, 2005, 8:30]
Windows Exploit Code Surfaces
News Exploit code exists for four of the 14 vulnerabilities for which Microsoft provided fixes this week, experts said on Thursday. After Microsoft released vulnerability information, the exploit code was written within 24 hours, noticeably quicker than...
[October 14, 2005, 10:35]
Apple Flaw Targeted By Exploit Code
News Attackers may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges," Symantec said in a security alert to customers that was updated on Thursday. This proof of concept was fixed in Tuesday's Mac OS X 10.4.7 update," the...
[June 30, 2006, 10:00]
PHP Exploit Code Found On Image-hosting Site
News Security researchers have found PHP exploit code embedded in a GIF on a major image-hosting site. The exploit code slipped through the site's defences with the aid of a legitimate image at the beginning of the file, according to a blog post on the...
[June 21, 2007, 14:10]
Mac OS X Exploit Code Released
News Apple provided a fix for the error-handling mechanism of the kernel last week, but the exploit appears to have been authored before then. It appears to be a zero-day exploit and may have been distributed before the patch was released.
[October 3, 2006, 9:40]
Windows Exploit Code Made Public
News The exploit code takes advantage of a flaw Microsoft tagged as "critical". Initial investigation of this exploit code has verified that successful exploitation could lead to a denial-of-service attack.and not remote code execution," a Microsoft...
[November 29, 2005, 8:10]
Code Exists To Exploit TCP Flaw
News Malicious code has been unearthed that can exploit a widely reported flaw in a popular Net protocol and possibly disrupt data transmissions, but experts say the risk of real-world problems remains fairly low.
[April 23, 2004, 9:10]
Exploit Code Aimed At New IE Flaw
Talkback "disable ActiveX" How much longer is the public going to put up with this Flawed software? ActiveX should be disabled on ALL computers by default, or M$ needs to remove it from their sorry OS! And now they want everyone to upgrade to vista?
[September 15, 2006, 15:40]
Exploit Code Threatens Older Windows
Talkback "Some security researchers, however, note that Microsoft has been known to take at least 200 days or more to issue a security patch, once the company has been notified of a problem. How about the 19 or so that are still unpatched from last year?
[November 18, 2005, 12:28]
Exploit Code Raises Fresh Zotob Alarm
Talkback Surprise, I guess they didn't really close that hole in the OS huh ? Azx
[October 24, 2005, 21:34]
Mac OS X Exploit Code Released
Talkback Note: Any time you hear of an "exploit" for OS X, it's always just a simple exploit to heighten access. It doesn't spread itself, it doesn't do any harm and in most cases has already been patched by Apple before you've even heard about it.
[October 19, 2006, 21:00]
