Peaches Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Windows Bug Attracts HackersGregg Keizer, Computerworld "For the third time in the last 90 days, Microsoft Corp. has warned that hackers are exploiting an unpatched critical vulnerability in its software.Late Thursday, Microsoft issued a security advisory that said malicious hackers were already using attack code that leveraged a bug in DirectX, a Windows subsystem crucial to games and used when streaming video from Web sites.Hackers are using malicious QuickTime files -- QuickTime is rival Apple Inc.'s default video format -- to hijack PCs, Microsoft said. "The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if [the] user opened a specially crafted QuickTime media file," the company said in the advisory. "Microsoft is aware of limited, active attacks that use this exploit code."Story PCWorld - http://www.pcworld.com/article/165764/wind...ts_hackers.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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