Windows XP Hacker Holes Found
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service on Windows XP has two gaping security holes. The first involves a buffer overrun, a common source for Windows bugs. It turns out that by sending a certain type of NOTIFY directive, a hacker can take control of the UPnP service, and through that take control of the entire computer. Read more at http://www.techtv.com/news/hackingandsecurity/story/0,24195,3365845,00.html. Get the patch at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-059.asp.