British Parliament Attacked Using WMF Exploit

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

The British Parliament was attacked late last year by hackers who tried to exploit a recent serious Microsoft Windows 
flaw, security experts confirmed on Friday.

MessageLabs, the e-mail-filtering provider for the U.K. government, told ZDNet UK that targeted e-mails were sent to 
various individuals within government departments in an attempt to take control of their computers. The e-mails 
harbored an exploit for the Windows Meta File vulnerability.

The attack occurred over the Christmas period and came from China, said Mark Toshack, manager of antivirus operations 
at MessageLabs, who added that the e-mails were intercepted before they reached the government's systems.

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http://news.com.com/British+parliament+attacked+using+WMF+exploit/2100-7349_3-6029691.html

- ferg


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