Google Researcher Issues How-To On Attacking XP

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A Google engineer Thursday published attack code that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP, giving hackers a new way to hijack and infect systems with malware. But other security experts objected to the way the Google engineer disclosed the bug — just five days after it was reported to Microsoft — and said the move is more evidence of the ongoing, and increasingly public, war between the two giants. sursa: Slashdot - News for nerds, stuff that matters

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Google researcher gives Microsoft 5 days to fix XP zero-day bug - Computerworld

Full Disclosure: Microsoft Windows Help Centre Handles Malformed Escape Sequences Incorrectly

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