4/7/08

New attack kit targets bag of ActiveX bugs

Hackers are using a new multiple-attack package composed of seven ActiveX exploits, many of them never seen in the wild before, ... it into a spam-spewing zombie; the Trojan includes a rootkit component to mask the <strong class="keyword">malware</strong><br /><br />Posted in <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/blogs/http://www.infoworld.com">InfoWorld - Information Technology News, Computer... </a></strong> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoworld.com" style="color:#390;"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/images/bubble_h11.gif" alt="View Technorati URL search" style="border:none;"/> 22,047 links from 4,632 sites</a>) <br /><br /><img width="1" height="1" src="http://static.technorati.com/y/1369828152.gif?anM9MCZyZWY9YXBpfC9zZWFyY2g/cXVlcnk9bWFsd2FyZSZsYW5ndWFnZT1lbiZrZXk9YmYyMjQ5ZjVhOTRmMzY1MmZjNjc0ODBjZWExYjg0MjQmZm9ybWF0PXJzc3wxfGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuaW5mb3dvcmxkLmNvbS9jZ2ktYmluL3JlZGlyZWN0P3NvdXJjZT1yc3MmYW1wO3VybD1odHRwOi8vd3d3LmluZm93b3JsZC5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS8wOC8wNC8wNy9OZXctYXR0YWNrLWtpdC10YXJnZXRzLWJhZy1vZi1BY3RpdmVYLWJ1Z3NfMS5odG1sJnZpc2l0b3JpZD0tJnVzZXJpZD0tJnNlc3Npb25pZD0yYTM2MzdmMjAyNGNiZDM1OTQ1NWE3YzZmY2QxYTc2YyZ1c2VyY2xhc3M9MSZhYmNsYXNzPWEmYWJzd2l0Y2g9NiZtZW1iZXI9LQ=="/>