Monday, February 14, 2005

Beware rogue code

Microsoft has urged customers to <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5573195.html?tag=zdnn.alert">apply its latest security patches,</A> after several companies published "proof of concept" attacks that exploit the flaws that the updates fix. In a notice posted to its Web site late Thursday, the software giant highlighted proof-of-concept documentation, or sample software code to illustrate how a flaw might be used to attack a system, from two security software makers: Finjan Software and Core Security Technologies.

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