It seems that 2005 will not end up without another major parasite outbreak. Thanks to the latest Windows exploit. A few days ago, on December 26, a totally new threat was discovered. The WMF exploit, that’s how it was called, penetrates into the system through a serious security flaw found in essential Microsoft Windows component. This exploit is described as “zero day�, because it affects systems with vulnerabilities that were unknown earlier and therefore still aren’t fixed. However, the most interesting fact about the latest exploit is that practically every computer running Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is vulnerable. It doesn’t matter at all whether the system is updated with a certain service pack. Furthermore, earlier Windows versions might also be affected.
Read more here - New exploit compromises fully patched Windows machines
January 2nd, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Be afraid…be very afraid
Cleaning up a recent spyware infection for a friend highlighted to me what will probably be the major technology issue for 2006.