Attention button security issue?

Nathan Alter nalter at gmail.com
Tue Apr 12 16:55:20 EDT 2011


I noticed the new Attention! button so I mentioned it to my friend.  We were
trying the button with each other.  It didn't seem to do anything for the
recipient, but Symantec flags a .avi and .lnk file that suddenly appear our
shared folders.  It mentions Bloodhound.exploit.343
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-072310-4337-99

Thanks,
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Nathan     http://jigbot.com
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