Computerworld – Microsoft Corp. late Tuesday released an automated tool to stymie exploits of a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability that experts fear will soon be used by hackers against the general PC population. However, the tool, like a manual procedure that Microsoft recommended last week, is only a makeshift defense, one that many users...
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Microsoft on Friday issued a Security Advisory stating that it is investigating limited attempts to exploit a vulnerability in the Windows Shell. The zero-day vulnerability was disclosed last week by Belorussian antivirus company, VirusBlokAda. It takes advantage of Windows shortcut files by making them execute automatically when accessed from a USB drive via Windows...
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Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have fallen for a social-engineering trick which allowed a clickjacking worm to spread quickly over Facebook this holiday weekend. Affected profiles can be identified by seeing that the Facebook user has apparently “liked” a link: Messages seen being used by the spammers include: "LOL This girl gets OWNED...
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