Blocking JPEGs No Defense Against Windows Vulnerability
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One of the standard security tactics enterprises apply won&#39;t work when defending PCs against threats posed by the image processing flaw found last week in Windows and numerous applications, security experts said Tuesday.
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A flaw in the Microsoft programs that was announced on Sep 14, has already paved the way for a deluge of new security threats. The hackers have begun circulating malicious code hidden in images that use the popular JPEG format.
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A highly critical and unpatched security hole in Microsoft&#39;s ubiquitous Word software could be used to launch a denial of service attack and give system access.
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Microsoft is investigating a new vulnerability in Windows Media Player that could be used to run malicious code on a user's PC.
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InfoWorld - A flaw in the pop-up blocker of the open-source browser Firefox could allow an attacker to access local files, according to security analysts.
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Security experts warn that virus writers could be preparing to create havoc using a bug in the way that Windows handles images.
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In its September security bulletin Microsoft has highlighted a &#39;critical&#39; vulnerability in the processing of JPEG images across a huge swathe of its software products.
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Security experts warned on Wednesday that &quot;exploit code&quot; has been released for the critical flaw discovered in the way Windows and other Microsoft products handle JPEG images (see our previous coverage).
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In brief Exploit circulating for unpatched vuln
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Hackers wasted little time in exploiting a flaw in the way Microsoft software handles graphics files. Internet watchers say they&#39;ve spotted infected images that could implant a back door into a Windows computer if they are viewed.
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Code that exploits a weakness in the way many Microsoft applications process JPEG images has been published on the internet. Microsoft only discovered the security flaw, which could allow software viewing
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A flaw in the way the Firefox and Opera browsers handle an image file could allow an attacker to see what Web sites a person has visited.
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A Windows vulnerability has been announced after it was discovered that malicious code could be run by simply viewing a JPEG image file.
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The &quot;highly criticial&quot; vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 on fully patched PCs running either Windows XP SP1 or the newer SP2.
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In a harbinger of security threats to come, hackers have exploited a newly announced flaw in Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) programs and begun circulating malicious code hidden in images that use the popular JPEG format...
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The seriousness of an already critical flaw in the way a Microsoft component processes JPEG files got ratcheted up a notch this week as exploit code began circulating.
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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