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InformationWeek
Apr 17, 2006
1. SQL Slammer - Researcher David Litchfield presents findings at
Black Hat one week after Microsoft issues its SQL patch. Slammer
worm that exploits that flaw dramatically slows Internet traffic in
2003.
2. Windows Plug and Play - Internet Security Systems researchers in
April 2005 discover Windows vulnerability that lets attacker take
control of affected systems and remotely execute code. By August,
Zotob worm exploits it.
3. Cisco IOS heap overflow - Former ISS researcher Michael Lynn in
July 2005 shows hackers could take control of a company's network.
Cisco had issued a patch in April, but it still sues Lynn over the
speech. The suit is later dropped.
4. Windows Metafile - Researcher H.D. Moore and others post exploit
code of this flaw in January, and researcher Ilfak Guilfanov writes
unauthorized workaround. This prompts Microsoft to issue a patch
five days ahead of schedule.
5. Oracle transparent data encryption - Red-Database-Security
researcher Alexander Kornbrust reports vulnerability in January
2006; Oracle patches it the same month.
6. Oracle PLSQL gateway - Litchfield in January shows Black Hat
attendees a vulnerability in Oracle's Procedural Language extension
to SQL. Oracle has yet to patch.
7. Apple Mac iChat - An unknown person posts on MacRumors.com an
external link to the OSX/Leap.a Trojan on Feb. 13, 2006, the first
virus for the Apple Mac OSX platform.
8. Internet Explorer createTextRange() - Researcher Andreas Sandblad
discovers flaw in March that lets hackers install malwarelike
keystroke loggers. eEye Digital Security issues a patch.
9. Internet Explorer HTA files - Dutch researcher Jeffrey van der Stad
in March alerts Microsoft to problem with how IE processes HTML
apps. Van der Stad pares back information about the bug on his Web
site when Microsoft complains.
10. Sendmail SMTP server software - ISS in March finds vulnerability
in this popular Internet E-mail transfer agent. Sendmail issues
patch immediately.
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