Yahoo Messenger exploit threatens new wave of malware

Stuart Sumner
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The newly discovered vulnerability could be used to inject malware into corporate networks

A security researcher has warned of a new exploit in Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM), which could be used to infect enterprise users' machines with malware. Bogdan Botezatu, a researcher at securi...

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