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Re: That "malware" known as "Zero Day"


From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:19:16 +1200

Alex Eckelberry wrote:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/208652

Cyber attacks seem to be getting more sophisticated by the hour. A few
weeks ago malware known as Zero Day was found to have exploited a
vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system that could allow
online criminals to take control of a computer from anywhere in the
world without being detected. The operation involved what is known as
"drive by" attacks, in which visitors to legitimate Web sites are
redirected to a page that secretly downloads the malicious software.

<sigh>

Written by Christopher Werth -- he's obviously a tech expert according 
to the roster of his Newsweek items:

   http://topics.newsweek.com/search?&byline=christopher%20werth

only one of which (this one) has been in the "Tech and Business" 
section, and his NPR work:

   http://marketplace.publicradio.org/tools/search/author/author_collection.php?aut_id=30429



Regards,

Nick FitzGerald


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