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● 01.13.10

●● Eye on Microsoft: Dangerous Fonts and DMCA Takedown

Posted in Microsoft at 4:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: “Microsoft, the company that made fonts dangerous,” calls it our reader who shared the following two links

• Microsoft patches critical security issue

=> ↺ Microsoft patches critical security issue

This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed content rendered in a specially crafted Embedded OpenType (EOT) font in client applications that can render EOT fonts, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Word.

• MS-bamboozle

=> ↺ MS-bamboozle

Subject: DN: www.cryptome.org; Registrar: Network Solutions; Host: Network Solutions – Demand for Immediate Take Down – Notice of Infringing Activity – MS Ref. 298757 Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 15:05:56 -0500 From: “DMCA” To: Hi Mr. Young:I am forwarding the below for your information. No further action is required.Linda L. Larsen, Designated Agent Network Solutions, LLC Telephone: 703.668.5615 Facsimile: 703.668.5959 Email: dmca[at]networksolutions.com_____From: Microsoft Anti Piracy Investigator #2 [mailto:internet2[at]microsoft-antipiracy.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:17 AM To: DMCASubject: RE: DN: www.cryptome.org; Registrar: Network Solutions; Host: Network Solutions – Demand for Immediate Take Down – Notice of Infringing Activity – MS Ref. 298757Importance: HighHi Linda – I, James Young am the investigator that sent the takedown notice relating to this case. I see that as requested cryptome.org have removed the page located at http://cryptome.org/0001/ms-cofee.htm – Separately that the .zip located at cryptome.net is now offline too.Thank you for your assistance in this matter.Best Regards,James Young Internet Investigator

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