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December 11th, 2008, 12:51 PM
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Ht when i read the alert earlier it didn't have anything about Vista. Only XP and Windows server03.
That being said, they have obviously updated the alert as more info has come to light, thus i was confused on why it wan't a issue for Vista users, but it was for the others..
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Some interesting stuff, apparently some Chinese sec team accidently released the POC for this ie7 w@llh@x..
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...c=news_ts_head
but apparently
but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw. At one point, the code was traded for as much as US$15,000 on the underground criminal markets, according to iDefense, the computer security branch of VeriSign, citing a blog post from the Chinese team
However, other information indicates that hackers already knew how it worked before the release. According to knownsec, a rumor surfaced earlier in the year about a bug in Internet Explorer, iDefense wrote. Information on the vulnerability was allegedly sold in November on the underground back market for US$15,000. Earlier this month, the exploit was sold second or third hand for $650, said iDefense, citing knownsec.
Eventually, someone developed a Trojan horse program -- one that appears harmless but is actually malicious -- that is designed to steal information related to Chinese-language PC games, a popular target for hackers.
Ouchie's
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