Exploit released for PC-hijack hole in µTorrent
Posted by: [NT] on: 02/17/2007 01:37 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 876 views
Here?s a major security issue that might have gotten buried in this week?s patch-release deluge: A critical code execution hole in µTorrent, everyone?s favorite lightweight torrent application.
What?s worse, exploit code that provides instructions on using dirty .torrent files in PC-takeover attacks has been publicly available for several days. Read on at ZdNet
What?s worse, exploit code that provides instructions on using dirty .torrent files in PC-takeover attacks has been publicly available for several days. Read on at ZdNet
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