Another insane windows security hole...

RawAlex · 2006-01-02, 08:48 PM

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0d644d5e-7b...0779e2340.html

This is the WMF issue that surfaced last week... but now the dumbasses that figured it out published the source code to the hack, so expect to be totally bombarded with bullshit.

This is a bad one too, because it is activated with really no action on your behalf. Just surfing to a website with an infected graphic file is enough to infect your system with no additional action on your behalf.

So surf carefully... There is some risk that corporate websites could become infected in the next few days, making any surfing risky.

Be careful out there.

Alex

2006-01-02, 08:48 PM	#1
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	Another insane windows security hole... http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0d644d5e-7b...0779e2340.html This is the WMF issue that surfaced last week... but now the dumbasses that figured it out published the source code to the hack, so expect to be totally bombarded with bullshit. This is a bad one too, because it is activated with really no action on your behalf. Just surfing to a website with an infected graphic file is enough to infect your system with no additional action on your behalf. So surf carefully... There is some risk that corporate websites could become infected in the next few days, making any surfing risky. Be careful out there. Alex