IT Security Portal: Yahoo IM Vulnerability

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Yahoo IM Vulnerability

Yahoo! reported a vulnerability in its instant messaging client for versions obtained prior to November 2, 2006. The vulnerability is caused by an unspecified error in Yahoo! Messenger's ActiveX control, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger.

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: Name: Agapitos Chrysochoos; Location: Serbia and Montenegro

I graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 2001. My main areas of interest are security and intrusion detection along with security management. Since completing my MSc, I have worked as an IT Security Consultant in a number of interesting projects in the industry. I have worked as an IT Security Consultant in ATHES 2004 Olympic Games, Space Hellas S.A., responsible for security consulting in major financial institutions in Southern Europe. More recently, I have worked as a Security Analyst in ATHENS 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, responsible for applications security monitoring. At the moment I work as an Information Security Officer for the biggest telecomms provider in Greece.

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