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Re: CERT warns Operation SnowMan hackers are unstoppable

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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"

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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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