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08-07-2010, 02:50 AM
Microsoft has announced that an unpatched flaw in Windows XP and Server 2003 â which it routinely alerted users about in the middle of last month â is being actively exploited by hackers in the wild.As a result, the software giant says it is speeding up its plans to patch the flaw, but is advising users to apply an interim workaround to prevent the problem from being exploited by cybercriminals.Reporting on the announcement, security researcher Brian Krebs said last night that Microsoft noticed the pace of attacks tapping the exploit has picked up, "with more than 10 000 distinct computers having reported seeing this attack at least one time."
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