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| From | wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: CERT warns Operation SnowMan hackers are unstoppable |
| Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2014 23:00:23 -04-59 (UTC) |
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> From the "just stop using IE" department: About a week ago, the Operation > SnowMan campaign was discovered, when FireEye researchers noticed hackers > trying to infiltrate VFW.org. The attack relied on vulnerabilities in > Microsoft's XMLDOM ActiveX control, allowing code to run in Internet > Explorer without prompting the user, offering up otherwise private > information regarding the local filesystem and internal network to the > operators of a malicious webhost. Microsoft is aware of the problem, > but as of yet, no patch has been released. > > http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2329500/us-cert-warns-operation-snowman-hackers-are-unstoppable > France's Snecma was hit too... they make the engines for the Rafale fighter. "http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-hacking-snecma-20140218,0,3352787.story" -- Now frequenting comp.misc daily in a prolonged fit of netstalgia.
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CERT warns Operation SnowMan hackers are unstoppable cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-18 20:01 +0000 Re: CERT warns Operation SnowMan hackers are unstoppable Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-18 16:58 -0800 Re: CERT warns Operation SnowMan hackers are unstoppable wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 23:00 +0000 Re: CERT warns Operation SnowMan hackers are unstoppable Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 09:59 -0500
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