Microsoft says it has logged more than 10,000 attacks that leverage a new Windows XP flaw. The attacks are being launched from malicious Web pages, concentrated in the U.S., Russia, Portugal, Germany and Brazil. The flaw that’s exploited in all of these attacks lies in the Windows Help and Support Center software that comes with Windows XP. The bug was disclosed on June 10 by Google researcher Tavis Ormandy, who was criticized for not giving Microsoft more time to fix it.”]
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