This week Microsoft patched a zero day bug that affected Microsoft Word users. Microsoft was alerted to the bug by the FireEye security firm several months ago. What we did not know until today is that this bug was being exploited for at least several months. WHO was exploiting it is less clear because hackers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yet again Flash is the means of attack by a Chinese hacking group that Fireeye has labelled APT3. The attack IS in the wild, although limited in use. The attack looks like a phishing email offering discounts on Apple computers. You can find out what version of flash you are running at http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ and download the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Trend Micro is reporting (see here) yet another Adobe Flash zero-day attack in the wild. Yes, this is a new one. No, this is not one I reported about last week. I had to read the article three times to convince myself this was not the exploit I wrote about last week. And, Trend Micro […]
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