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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Windows 2000 PCs being targeted by hackers
Online criminals are scanning the internet and attacking Windows 2000 machines that haven’t had a recent Windows Media Service patch installed, according to Symantec. Symantec first spotted the attacks on Monday, saying that they are extremely limited.
Symantec’s detection network picked up just a handful of attempts, but the code used in the attacks is new and gives hackers a way to take over a system.
The Metasploit open-source hacking toolkit has published code that exploits the flaw, but whoever is behind these attacks isn’t using that software, Symantec Security Intelligence Manager Joshua Talbot, said.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=3225545