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S. Korean handlers are slow to take down the publicly distributed malicious code exploiting CVE-2012-0003, a vulnerability patched in Microsoft’s January 2012 patch release MS12-004. We have discussed with reporters that the code has been available since the 21st, and a site appears to have been publicly attacking very low numbers of Korean users over […]

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A pair of Indian researchers disclosed a new cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 3.3 on Monday. Another researcher who goes by the name of ethicalhack3r decided to try to replicate their findings using the proof of concept (PoC) code that was posted to pastebin.com. He couldn’t seem to make it work, so he contacted […]

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It’s patch Tuesday, and Microsoft has just issued a patch for the zero-day vulnerability that was used by the Duqu malware discovered in October. To quote the bulletin: What does the update do?The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that a Windows kernel mode driver handles TrueType font files. When this security bulletin […]

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