ESET Threat Blog

I originally posted this on the AVIEN blog site at http://avien.net/blog/?p=286, but in view of the increasing volume of "Y2.10k" date-related bug reports, I'll re-post it here with an updated list. (Thanks to Mikko Hypponen for posting a couple of links I hadn't seen.)
Windows Mobile/SMS bug (Welcome to 2016!)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/windows_mobe_bug/
http://www.wmexperts.com/y2016-sms-bug
Bank Bugs:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/04/bank_queensland/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34706092/ns/technology_and_science-security/?ocid=twitter]
Symantec bug
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/symantec_y2k10_bug/
http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/official-status-sepm-definitions-stay-31-12-2009-last-updated-04-jan-2010
Spamassassin FP bug:
http://www.spamresource.com/2010/01/spamassassin-2010-bug.html
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