Microsoft Issues Tool To Head Off JPEG Exploits
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Microsoft has issued a software tool that scans users&#39; computers to help them find software that may be affected by a recently discovered vulnerability in the way many Windows programs process JPEG files.
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Microsoft is researching a fix for a bug in Windows Home Server that could corrupt some files saved with certain applications.
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Security experts are reporting several new Windows and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities at year-end, including a flaw in the way Windows handles image files, and another involving IE and SP2 help files.
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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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Computer code that exploits a flaw in the way many Microsoft applications process JPEG images has been published on the Internet and could indicate coming attacks on vulnerable PCs, experts said.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (REUTERS) - Microsoft Corp. today released a patch for its latest &quot;critical&quot; security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software process images in the JPEG image format.
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Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software&#39;s handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable.
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Microsoft has released a "critical" patch to fix a security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software programs process images in the JPEG image format.
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Microsoft is offering a patch for a critical security flaw related to the processing of JPEG images by its operating systems and other applications.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft is suing a group of hackers who apparently gained access to the company's proprietary source code, creating a program that wipes media files clean of file-sharing restrictions. The suit, which Microsoft filed last Friday in a district court in Seattle, Washington, gives only a nickname for the ringleader, "viodentia," who is one of 10 "John Does" whom Microsoft believes are responsible for breaking its Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) software. Last month, a program calledÂ FairUse4WM surfacedÂ that removed the DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology from Windows Media 10 and 11 files. Many major download services, such as Napster, use Windows DRM, and its removal would allow the files to be copied without restriction or uploaded to file-sharing networks. Microsoft is suing for copyright infringement, since FairUse4WM uses code from the company's Windows Media software development kit version 9.5, a toolset used by software developers to build applications. Microsoft said the hackers have caused it more than $75,000 in losses. It is seeking a permanent injunction against the defendants and compensation. In a separate document filed with the court, Microsoft said the defendants have gone to substantial lengths to hide their identities. It asked for extra time to issue subpoenas to e-mail service providers, to track down some e-mail addresses linked to the individuals, to help it to identify them. The hackers have proved enduring foes for Microsoft. Soon after FairUse4WM was released, Microsoft issued an update to its DRM software, making the hacking program ineffective. The hackers responded less than a day later by updating FairUse4WM again. Their efforts are unlikely to affect the growth of legitimate download services, however, since content providers are aware that no DRM is unbreakable, analysts said. "I think in the long term it's not going to deal Microsoft any crushing blow, but it's certainly an irritant for them," said Jonathan Arber, research analyst for Ovum in London. Technology companies will have to make it too hard for hackers to break the DRM, a leap that could be difficult considering any update to the DRM technology would still have to be compatible with hardware in the market, said Paul Jackson, principal analyst at Forrester Research. Additionally, frequent software updates tend to alienate users, he said. "Itâs a question of highly determined hackers desperate to prove their moxie, versus a corporation that can't release updates every 10 minutes because that annoys people," Jackson said.
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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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After Microsoft announced a flaw (nicknamed the JPEG of Death) in Windows&#39; handling of JPEG images, a Trojan horse that exploits this flaw, has been found looming around pornographic sites.
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Trojan horse that exploits flaw in how Windows handles JPEG images may be low risk, but it's a bad omen.
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A tool that makes it easy to craft malicious JPEG images then let them loose against vulnerable Windows PCs has appeared, security experts said Friday, leading many to believe
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ClamAV 0.80rc3 successfuly detects JPEG files with modified comment section that allows attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code on unpatched Windows machines.   You can find the latest release of ClamAV here:  https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86638&package_id=90197
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A security flaw in the way many Microsoft applications process JPEG images could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer running the software, Microsoft warned this week.
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Microsoft is battling a computer hacker who has repeatedly released a free program that strips away a software lock that protects digital movies and songs from being copied.