Cursor Hackers eye WoW

Yashpal SharmaApr 9 2007

BBC is reporting that the most popular MMORPG to the time World of Warcraft hack that's catching fire online. The complaints were filed by the online gamers that the hackers used to exploit a flaw in the cursor code, and pinched the accounts during the month of March.

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The hackers didn't feel at home with that much and started to infect certain sites with the misdeed, causing World of Warcraft players browsing the net on Internet Explorer 6 and 7 to occasionally put themselves at risk when they least expected it. Upon further inquiry, it seems like the flaw was in Microsoft's code, and that it was only a problem with people using animated cursors.

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The hackers are making the Warcraft online payers because there's so much money tied to the game's thousands and millions of accounts.

The threats are pulping up day by day that have questioned Microsoft's security measures and has initiated to release a patch to eradicate the flaw.

Via: news.com

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