| It fears that any information would give vital clues to criminal crackers about how to exploit unpatched systems. |
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| And even if most systems are patched, an unpatched minority can wreak havoc. In this section Who will build our biodefences? |
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| The group mostly seizes on known weaknesses in old and unpatched computer software, rather than exploiting novel flaws. |
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| Corporate networks that were unpatched or only partially patched were significantly impacted. |
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| As usually, the worm starts and ends with the unpatched available system. |
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| Numerous corporate and government networks that were unpatched, or partially patched, were significantly impacted. |
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| They might have cleaner computers come fall, but they're still vulnerable because their operating systems tend to be unpatched and their antivirus software out-of-date. |
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| Not only it was getting old, it was no longer supported for a long time, which means that some unpatched security flaws could exist. |
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| If you attach a new, unpatched and unprotected computer to the internet then it can easily be under the control of hackers within a matter of minutes. |
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| Generally, infection takes place using unpatched security holes in operating systems or via vulnerable application software belonging to the victim. |
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| It seems very unlikely, but even if they did, there would still be plenty of systems that remained unpatched or incorrectly configured, and thus vulnerable to attack. |
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| Users with unpatched vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Flash Player applications may be infected through exploits in the.pdf and.swf files. |
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| Sophos has found that the majority, 70 percent, were bonafide websites that were vulnerable to attack because they were unpatched, poorly coded or had not been maintained by their owners. |
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| This is particularly true because crackers have access to these same vulnerability tracking services and will use the information to crack unpatched systems whenever they can. |
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| Vista, Windows 7 Vulnerability Unpatched Yet Security researcher Laurent Gaffie published on his blog details and a proof of concept of an attack using an unpatched vulnerability in Windows SMB 2.0 file servers. |
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| Microsoft is actually pretty good about warning users about active attacks abusing unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. |
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| When working with kernel patches, it's a good idea to apply them to a clean, unpatched kernel. |
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| The threats have indeed changed and are now automated with the apparition of worms that exploit security vulnerabilities inside software in order to hack unpatched systems, like CodeRed, Nimda or Blaster. |
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| And unsecured technologies proliferate in today's enterprise, with workers engaging in file-sharing and instant messaging on unpatched legacy systems and guest laptops. |
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