Re: How often are IE security holes exploited?

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Richard M. Smith wrote:
> Has anyone ever looked into how often security holes in Internet
> Explorer are actually used in viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other
> malware?  My sense is that very few of them are actually used in the
> wild.  

Define "how often".  It's either every day, or somewhere around 1 in 30 
vulnerabilities. :)

> The KaK and Klez worms both use IE security holes to do their
> dirty work, but most other Windows viruses seem to rely on social
> engineering and standard features of Microsoft products.
>
> If folks know of other malware that make use of IE security holes,
> please let me know.  I'm putting together a little list.

Nimda.  There must be a few more as well.  I still constantly get email 
that tries to use various IE exploits, and I don't believe they're all 
Nimda, Kak, and Klez.

                                        BB

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