Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Windows WMF Exploit

Well the Windows WMF Exploit is in the wild and it looks like things will get worse until Microsoft releases a patch for this serious problem.
 
Here is a video of what this virus can do, http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/images/alerts/wmf-movie.wmv

The MS Security Advisory: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx

The SANS Internet Storm Centre Article: http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?rss&storyid=996

Google Web Accelerator sparks privacy fears

Google has released a Beta of there Web Accelerator yesterday and lucky I did not install this.

This has opened a few security issues with the worst being able to login as another user on websites.

I’d say Google are now embarased at this major hole.

More info here http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39197327,00.htm

 

Update: It looks like it can also break Web Applications

More Info here http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/google_web_accelerator_hey_not_so_fast_an_alert_for_web_app_designers.php