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Hackers Exploit Access Database Flaw

Dec 12, 2007
1 minute read

[From PC World]

Online criminals are exploiting a flaw in the Microsoft Office Access database to install unauthorized software on computers, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has warned.

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