Over 2,000 sites exploit .ani security flaw

**radio667** · 04-12-2007, 05:11 PM

from astalavista.com ........... ore than 2,000 unique Web sites have been rigged to exploit the animated cursor security flaw in Microsoft's software, according to security vendor Websense Inc.

Those Web sites are either hosting exploit code or are redirecting Internet users to sites with bad code, Websense's blog reported Monday. The number of Web sites engineered to exploit the problem has jumped considerably since the vulnerability was publicly disclosed by Microsoft on March 29. It will likely continue to rise until patches are applied across corporate and consumer PCs, said Ross Paul, senior product manager for Websense. Hackers are hoping to catch some of the millions of unpatched machines. "What we've seen is that exploits tend to be used as long as they are effective," Paul said. More info can be found at :

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...aniflaw_1.html

Angel_Mapper · 04-12-2007, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by radio667

from astalavista.com ........... ore than 2,000 unique Web sites have been rigged to exploit the animated cursor security flaw in Microsoft's software, according to security vendor Websense Inc.

Firefox prevented this site from opening a popup window.

Mildly ironic.

Manticore · 04-12-2007, 05:36 PM

Beautiful.

phalanx · 04-12-2007, 06:33 PM

lol stupid microsoft, if they didnt say anything it wouldn't be exploited god damned nit wits

***JohnnySix*** · 04-12-2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by phalanx

lol stupid microsoft, if they didnt say anything it wouldn't be exploited god damned nit wits

BTW, in a related topic, I bought a new domain. I've been catching windows going wrong in a number of places near where I work.

Feel free to submit stuff..

whywindowssucks.com

04-12-2007, 05:11 PM	#1
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,752 Downloads: 2	Over 2,000 sites exploit .ani security flaw from astalavista.com ........... ore than 2,000 unique Web sites have been rigged to exploit the animated cursor security flaw in Microsoft's software, according to security vendor Websense Inc. Those Web sites are either hosting exploit code or are redirecting Internet users to sites with bad code, Websense's blog reported Monday. The number of Web sites engineered to exploit the problem has jumped considerably since the vulnerability was publicly disclosed by Microsoft on March 29. It will likely continue to rise until patches are applied across corporate and consumer PCs, said Ross Paul, senior product manager for Websense. Hackers are hoping to catch some of the millions of unpatched machines. "What we've seen is that exploits tend to be used as long as they are effective," Paul said. More info can be found at : Source http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...aniflaw_1.html __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

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04-12-2007, 06:33 PM	#4
phalanx Deadly Nightshade user Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: manchester uk Posts: 2,386 Downloads: 3	lol stupid microsoft, if they didnt say anything it wouldn't be exploited god damned nit wits