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InternetNews December 28, 2005 Jim Wagner	Windows Metafile Exploit Could Spell Trouble A new virus that exploits a critical vulnerability in the Windows Metafile Format has been released to the wild and is being used by malware writers.
InternetNews December 29, 2005 Sharon Gaudin	Hackers Exploiting Zero Day Windows Flaw The Zero Day exploit of the Windows Metafile bug has racked up six variants as of Thursday afternoon and has left security analysts wondering what's coming next.
InternetNews March 15, 2010	Microsoft Developing Patch for IE Zero-Day Flaw Microsoft scrambles to deliver a workaround to protect against a zero-day exploit in its Internet Explorer browser, says it is developing a more permanent patch.
InternetNews November 18, 2009	Metasploit Expands Vulnerability Test Framework New release aims to push the boundaries of open source vulnerability testing.
InternetNews March 11, 2010	Researcher Releases Exploit for IE Zero-Day Hole A modest security warning about a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has quickly grown into something much larger thanks to the work of a hacker.
InternetNews October 8, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Metasploit 3.2 Offers More 'Evil Deeds' Hacking into systems (albeit for testing purposes) is apparently getting easier with the upcoming open source Metasploit 3.2 framework, according to its creator.
InternetNews May 9, 2011	Metasploit 3.7 Accelerates Security Testing Open source vulnerability testing framework gets new modules, include a post exploitation module for Apple iOS.
InternetNews August 3, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Open Source Metasploit Improves Evasion There are few tools freely available to security researchers that are as powerful for developing and testing exploit code as the open source Metasploit Framework.
InternetNews February 1, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Metasploit 3.1 Takes Aim at Windows Metasploit moves to new territory in earnest, with its first major update in a year.
InternetNews February 17, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Blaster Type Virus Attack Called 'Imminent' Exploit code for 'critical' Windows ASN.1 flaw could lead to major network disruption. Microsoft Patches 'Critical' ASN.1 Flaw
InternetNews March 27, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Speedy Security Exploits with Metasploit 3.0 The revamped open source Metasploit 3.0 framework promises to be faster than ever at leveraging security flaws.
InternetNews October 2, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Second Third-Party Windows Fix Appears As Microsoft waits, unofficial patches become an established answer to sudden security threats.
InternetNews October 6, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Plans Nearly Dozen Patches Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Windows operating system and the widely-used Office application suite are part of 11 patches slated to be released next week, according to a Microsoft.
InternetNews May 20, 2010	Metasploit 3.4 Debuts With New Java Tools Metasploit has rolled out version 3.4 of the open source vulnerability testing framework, boasting new technologies for trying out Java and brute-force exploits.
InternetNews July 5, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	The Month of The Browser Bugs Begins A researcher found another critical hole in IE, but Firefox and Safari aren't safe from attack.
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Apple's Safari Still a Sitting Duck? US-CERT issues an alert for MAC OS X, as zero-day exploit stays open. Switching browsers is the current remedy.
InternetNews February 18, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Hackers Target IE 7 Browser Again Users who failed to patch their computers after Microsoft released its monthly Patch Tuesday update last week could be in trouble - an Internet Explorer browser vulnerability for which the patch was sent out is under attack again.
InternetNews September 15, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Hackers Attack ActiveX Flaw in IE IE 5.01 and 6 users warned to disable ActiveX while the Microsoft investigates.
InternetNews October 26, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Hacker Criminals Find An Exploit In a Fix Adobe issues a fix to an exploit that could allow a rootkit to be installed on unsuspecting computers. The bad guys craft an exploit off that fix within a day.
InternetNews March 30, 2010	Microsoft Issues Patch for IE Zero-Day Flaw Microsoft makes the unusual step of releasing an "out-of-band" security fix for a flaw in versions 6 and 7 of Internet Explorer, deeming the vulnerability serious enough that it had to act before the next Patch Tuesday.
InternetNews July 29, 2009	Have You Been Hacked by Metasploit? Find Out! Didn't think it was possible to detect a Metasploit attack? New open source tool will change your mind.
InternetNews January 10, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Critical Patches Follow Windows WMF Trouble Microsoft issues two critical patches as part of January's monthly patch cycle, with similar warnings to the Windows Metafile image processor exploit.
InternetNews August 12, 2005 Tim Gray	Windows Exploit Code Online The exploit code can lead to a remote system compromise, where an attacker can take control of an affected computer. A patch for this code is available online.
InternetNews February 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft's Security Valentines As part of its traditional "patch Tuesday," Microsoft has released seven fixes for its media player and other Windows applications.
InternetNews February 8, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Warns on Windows, IE Flaws Microsoft is warning Windows and Internet Explorer users to take steps to prevent two security exploits. The two advisories affect Microsoft Windows Millennium and Internet Explorer 5.
InternetNews September 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Investigates Word 2000 Trojan Microsoft said it has launched an investigation into reports of a new Trojan horse targeting Word 2000.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Windows 2000 Exploit Code Released Exploit code for a known security flaw in Microsoft Windows 2000 has been posted online, putting millions of users at risk of a PC hijack. Apply those MS04-019 and MS04-022 security patches as needed.
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Secunia Upgrades IE Flaw The known and unpatched IE flaw goes from already bad to worse.
InternetNews December 23, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	New Zero-Day Exploit Emerges for Microsoft SQL Microsoft issues warning for attack vector that could paralyze database servers.
InternetNews September 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	VML Exploit Subsiding, Questions Remain Microsoft said it is "working non-stop" to develop a fix for a fresh round of attacks exploiting a flaw in the VML portion of Internet Explorer.
InternetNews February 15, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Another Week, Another MS Word Exploit Emerges Microsoft is investigating new public reports of "very limited, targeted attacks" against Microsoft Word.
InternetNews September 28, 2010	Microsoft Drops Patch for ASP.NET Zero Day Flaw Microsoft makes good on its promise to deliver an out-of-band patch for a zero day security exploit that had been shown capable of compromising server encryption.
InternetNews March 9, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Microsoft Patches Trio of Vulnerabilities Security fixes issued for Microsoft Outlook, MSN Messenger and the Windows Media Services.
InternetNews March 8, 2011	New Metasploit 3.6 Targets Security Compliance New release of vulnerability testing framework gets closer to enterprise requirements for compliance testing, while still providing improvements to open source users.
PC Magazine February 17, 2004 Leon Erlanger	The Lookout: Get Patched Security experts have found a new way to exploit a known buffer overrun flaw in Windows Workstation Service.
InternetNews December 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Microsoft Patches IE, But Security Issues Remain As usual, the bad guys are ahead in the tug-of-war over security.
InternetNews September 21, 2006 Andy Patrizio	IE Vulnerability Spreads To Email The VML exploit found earlier this week could prove to be a severe problem because it can take initiative without requiring any action on the part of the user. But so far Microsoft does not appear to be a big rush to fix the problem.
InternetNews January 11, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Patches Three Holes, Offers Removal Tool The company issues fixes for Internet Explorer vulnerabilities and offers a free anti-malicious software removal tool.
InternetNews November 23, 2009	Zero-Day Exploit a Threat to IE6 & 7 Browsers? Another zero-day hole emerges in key Microsoft software.
InternetNews December 16, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Set to Fix IE Zero Day Flaw Microsoft is set to release an out of cycle patch for the zero day IE flaw that has left users at risk since Thursday December 11th when the flaw was first reported.
InternetNews September 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Exploits Circulating for JPEG Flaw Just eight days after Microsoft released a fix for a "critical" flaw in the way JPEG files are processed, researchers have discovered proof-of-concept exploit code that is targeting unpatched machines.
PC World June 27, 2002 Joris Evers	Windows Media Player Flaw Puts PCs at Risk Security hole in media player's antipiracy feature could allow hackers to access your computer.
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Media Player Exploits Released Just days after Microsoft fixed a hole discovered in its Windows Media Player, security firms report exploits are now targeting the vulnerability.
InternetNews April 2, 2007 Michael Hickins	Game On: Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch Microsoft is issuing the patch in advance of its usual Patch Tuesday schedule to counter role-play game hackers.
InternetNews June 11, 2010	Microsoft Alerts on Windows XP Vulnerability A new security flaw has been discovered in the popular but aging OS's Help and Support Center.
InternetNews April 28, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Blaster Redux? SSL Worm Threat Rising Security experts have spotted the first signs of a Blaster-like worm circulating underground, prompting fears that major Internet disruptions could be less than a week away.
InternetNews December 17, 2010	Metasploit 3.5.1 Targets Cisco Networking Gear With its latest update, networking security testbed Metasploit adds features targeting Cisco's networking equipment in a new attack approach exploiting decade-old vulnerabilities.
InternetNews October 12, 2004 Wagner & Naraine	MS Patch Barrage Comes With IE Fix Microsoft released its October batch of security advisories Tuesday with a slew of "critical" patches, including a monster fix for the Internet Explorer browser.
InternetNews November 16, 2006 Andy Patrizio	New Worm Counts On Lazy Admins In a twist from their usual methods, virus writers have written an exploit to a patch that Microsoft issued this week, hoping to take advantage of IT shops that are slow on the draw.