another little IM problem...

From: Meritt James (meritt_james@bah.com)
Date: 01/03/02 

Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 09:43:12 -0500
From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james@bah.com>
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com

"WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 — A security hole in AOL Time Warner’s Instant
Messenger program used by millions of people worldwide can let a hacker
take full control of a victim’s computer, according to security
researchers and the company. An AOL spokesman said the problem will be
fixed soon, and users won’t have to download anything."

Full article at http://www.msnbc.com/news/680950.asp

A bit more techie at http://www.w00w00.org/advisories/aim.html 

-- 
James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
phone: (410) 684-6566

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