Attacks exploiting RealPlayer zero-day in progress
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A attack on Windows machines that uses Internet Explorer and a vulnerability in a RealPlayer ActiveX control is spreading in the wild, and researchers say the situation is urgent.
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Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to create a self-replicating worm attack. No attack code has yet been found in the wild, but users are cautioned to patch as soon as possible.
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InfoWorld - US-CERT is warning computer users of a possible problem with the latest version of RealPlayer after a Russian security company claimed to have found a way to exploit a critical flaw in the multimedia software.
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Blog: Popular add-ons could have their update process hijacked by man-in-the-middle attacks.
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Zero-day flaw, which is could let attacker gain remote access to a system, affects Word 2000, 2002 and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003.
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Security researchers are warning of a serious - and unfixed - security hole with the popular Winamp media player.
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In brief Exploit circulating for unpatched vuln
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A remote attacker could take complete control over computers running many versions of Microsoft software by inserting malicious code in a JPEG image that executes through an unchecked buffer
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Ziff Davis - Holes in KOffice and RealPlayer allow attackers to take over a user's system.
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Ingenious hacks abound for the game console's input device. Plus: The
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A toolkit designed to exploit a recently-disclosed Microsoft JPEG vulnerability has been released onto the net. The toolkit (screen shot from AV firm F-Secure here) makes it trivially easy for maliciously-minded
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A researcher has posted proof-of-concept code for a zero-day flaw within Mac OS X dealing with its handling of disk image (.dmg) files. The issue causes a memory corruption vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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Hackers twist ad network into Trojan network Hackers have rooted into a server owned by internet advertising network 24/7 Real Media and used it to serve malware-laced banner ads that tried to circumvent security mechanisms on end users' machines, Symantec researchers said. The malware exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Real Player that was patched on Friday.â¦
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Blog: Low ransom request and a self-termination date on the code suggest this is a test attack.