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Unpatched Windows XP-related Hole Exploited in Attacks
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-06-15 16:01:02 221
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By Elinor Mills @ CNET News
Malicious hackers were found to be exploiting a hole on Tuesday affecting Windows XP that a Google researcher disclosed last week before Microsoft had a chance to fix it, the software giant confirmed.
There was "limited exploitation" of the unpatched vulnerability, Jerry Bryant, group manager for response communications at Microsoft, said in an e-mail statement. The exploits have been taken down from the Web, but Bryant said he expects there to be further attacks "given the public disclosure of full details of the issue."
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