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  • Microsoft Latest Hack Involves "Errant Ampersand"


    30 July, 2009, by Desire Athow

    Our Comments

    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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    Tags: Browsers, Hacking, Microsoft, Vulnerabilities
    Desire Athow
    Posted by
    Desire Athow
    on 30 July, 2009

    Désiré Athow is the Content Editor of ITProPortal.com and has been reporting on technology and telecommunication since 1999. You can follow him on Twitter.
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