Hackers Target Microsoft's JPEG Flaw

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: September 29, 2004 12:03:06 AM EDT
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Subject: Hackers Target Microsoft's JPEG Flaw


     Hackers Target Microsoft's JPEG Flaw
     - Sep 28, 2004 09:29 PM (AP Online)

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a harbinger of security threats to come, hackers
have exploited a newly announced flaw in Microsoft Corp. programs and
begun circulating malicious code hidden in images that use the
popular JPEG format.


Software tools to create the malicious images began appearing last
month, and this week security experts saw images employing them
posted on adult-oriented Usenet newsgroups.


To get the malicious code, a visitor must download the image and view
it using Microsoft's Windows Explorer software, said Oliver
Friedrichs, senior manager with Symantec Security Response.

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      - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=43917559


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