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PandaLabs researchers said they have discovered a public exploit taking advantage of a new vulnerability in Microsoft Access Database. Secure Computing is warning of a new Trojan in the wild that is infecting multi-media files on a victim’s hard disk.
The latest fake Microsoft Update page laced with malware comes with a sinister twist: a portion of its URL contains the URL for the software giant's actual update site, with a period substituted for a forward slash. Virus writers are actively exploiting a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word that was patched on Tuesday, researchers said today. A mobile phone worm propagating through the phone numbers of users' address books is spreading in the wild across popular SymbianOS smartphone devices, security vendor Fortinet has warned. Microsoft this week warned Windows and Mac users that cyberattackers are remotely exploiting a flaw in Excel to take over computers. The first drive-by pharming attacks have been spotted in the wild, researchers said this week. After a brief hiatus, new variants have appeared in the wild of Trojan.Mebroot, a rogue rootkit discovered in December attacking the Windows Master Boot Record (MBR), Symantec has warned. Users are encouraged to patch their systems immediately with an out-of-band fix from Microsoft for a major Internet Explorer vulnerability. Adobe has updated its Reader and Acrobat products to shore up a major vulnerability that already is being exploited in the wild. Two in-the-wild exploits for the Microsoft Workstation Service vulnerability appeared today, two days after the dangerous flaw was patched as part of the software giant's monthly fix cycle, researchers said. The latest VB100 malware test from Virus Bulletin has proved good news for security vendors, all but two of which passed the latest edition of the noted antivirus test. Symantec warned this weekend of a new worm taking advantage of a Microsoft bug, prompting the security company to raise its ThreatCon level. The demand that web 2.0 has placed on browsers is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at IT security firm Radware, has warned. Spam emails, purporting to deliver a money-transfer notification from Western Union but containing an attachment with an executable trojan, have been spotted in the wild by researchers at Sunbelt Software. Windows XP platforms running a shared internet access service are at risk from an in-the-wild remote DoS exploit, vulnerability management firm nCircle reported Sunday. Security organisations are warning users to be vigilant following the discovery of a new crop of tools for exploited PDF flaws. Multi-award winning science fiction author Jack Dann will take centre stage as the keynote speaker at Gartner’s upcoming security conference and extrapolate a futuristic threat landscape. The number of computers currently controlled by botnets has exploded in recent months, say researchers. Microsoft has vowed to work more closely with other security software writers in the battle against targeted exploits.