Researcher: WMF Exploit Sold Underground for $4,000

Vikingod · Feb 3, 2006, 02:09 PM

Virus hunters combing through the wreckage of the zero-day WMF (Windows Metafile) attacks have found evidence that exploit code was being peddled by Russian hacker groups for $4,000 a pop.

The first sign of an exploit was traced back to the middle of December 2005, a full two weeks before anti-virus vendors started noticing mysterious WMF files rigged with malicious executable code, says Alexander Gostev, a senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Lab.

"One very important aspect of this case is that the vulnerability was first identified by members of the computer underground," Gostev said.
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LeanWolf · Feb 3, 2006, 02:17 PM

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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Researcher: WMF Exploit Sold Underground for $4,000 Virus hunters combing through the wreckage of the zero-day WMF (Windows Metafile) attacks have found evidence that exploit code was being peddled by Russian hacker groups for $4,000 a pop. The first sign of an exploit was traced back to the middle of December 2005, a full two weeks before anti-virus vendors started noticing mysterious WMF files rigged with malicious executable code, says Alexander Gostev, a senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Lab. "One very important aspect of this case is that the vulnerability was first identified by members of the computer underground," Gostev said. __________ Read More / Source: eWEEK

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