Critical story for anyone in charge of protecting an organization from malware: PDF attachments are now the latest vector of attack due to a weakness in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Unlike some security flaws that are theoretical -- that is, found by a researcher and not yet exploited in the "wild", this one is being used right now. So, kids, watch out for those .pdf attachments from people you don't know:
In the wake of this week’s malware attacks using rigged PDF files, Microsoft has updated its security advisory to stress that the underlying flaw — in the Windows operating system — is still not fixed.
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