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Windows Weakness Could Lead to Network Hijacks

The way your Windows machine obtains its network settings could potentially allow an exploit to occur that could funnel your network traffic through an attackers hands.

"The upshot of it is that I can become your proxy server without you knowing about it," Chris Paget, director of research and development at IOActive, said in an interview after his presentation on the problem. "I can put up the equivalent of a detour sign on your network and redirect all the traffic."