New wave of worm attacks target critical Windows flaw

Shogun · 27th November 2008, 01:53

More than a month after Microsoft issued an emergency patch for a Windows vulnerability that allows for self-replicating exploits, researchers have spotted a wave of new attacks in the wild that target the critical flaw.

Exploits of MS08-067 have been reported on and off since Microsoft issued the patch in late October, but over the past week, the volume and sophistication of the attacks have grown, according to Ziv Mador, a researcher in Microsoft's Malware Protection Center. His assessment was echoed in reports issued this week by anti-virus providers McAfee and Symantec, the latter which ratcheted up its ThreatCon alert level as a result.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11...tacks_windows/

27th November 2008, 01:53	#1
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	New wave of worm attacks target critical Windows flaw More than a month after Microsoft issued an emergency patch for a Windows vulnerability that allows for self-replicating exploits, researchers have spotted a wave of new attacks in the wild that target the critical flaw. Exploits of MS08-067 have been reported on and off since Microsoft issued the patch in late October, but over the past week, the volume and sophistication of the attacks have grown, according to Ziv Mador, a researcher in Microsoft's Malware Protection Center. His assessment was echoed in reports issued this week by anti-virus providers McAfee and Symantec, the latter which ratcheted up its ThreatCon alert level as a result. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11...tacks_windows/

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