MS Word Zero-Day Attack November 17, 2006
Posted by iawalsh in : Misc , trackbackEWeek report that “A zero-day flaw in the Microsoft Word is being used in an active exploit by sophisticated hackers in China and Taiwan, according to warnings from anti-virus researchers.
The SANS ISC (Internet Storm Center) said in a diary entry that it received reports of the exploit from an unnamed organization that was targeted. “The e-mail was written to look like an internal e-mail, including signature. It was addressed by name to the intended victim and not detected by the anti-virus software,” said Chris Carboni, an ISC incident handler tracking the attack.”
Read the complete article over here http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1965042,00.asp
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