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Safari 'Carpet Bomb' Attack Code Released

Robert McMillan writes on PC World:

A hacker has posted attack code that exploits critical flaws in the Safari and Internet Explorer Web browsers.

The source code, along with a demo of the attack, was posted Sunday on a computer security blog. It can be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's machine, and could be used by criminals in Web-based computer attacks, security experts say.

Now that there is a public example of the attack code, Safari users running the Windows operating system should be concerned, said Eric Schultze, chief technical officer at Shavlik Technologies. "This is a bad thing. If you've got Safari, you're in trouble," he said.

posted by Fergie @ 6/10/2008 06:13:00 PM