Microsoft Latest Hack Involves "Errant Ampersand"

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One would never had believed that a simple Ampersand could cause so much havoc. Unsurprisingly, the release of emergency fix for IE and Visual Studio applications comes at the time when Black Hat is organising a security conference in Las Vegas, which includes a session on ATL related problems.

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