__/ [ Bobbie ] on Friday 04 August 2006 06:17 \__
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:36:09 +0200, OK wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:18:49 GMT, Jim <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Sinister Midget wrote:
>>>
>>>>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060803/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_hacker_challenge
>>>>
>>>> LAS VEGAS - After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the
>>>> past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting
>>>> some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes
>>>> in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system.
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft made a test version of Vista available to about 3,000
>>>> security professionals Thursday as it detailed the steps it has
>>>> taken to fortify the product against attacks that can compromise
>>>> bank account numbers and other sensitive information.
>>>>
>>>> "You need to touch it, feel it," Andrew Cushman, Microsoft's
>>>> director of security outreach, said during a talk at the Black Hat
>>>> computer-security conference. "We're here to show our work."
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft has [ED: rightly)faced blistering criticism for security
>>>> holes that have led to network outages and business disruptions for
>>>> its customers. After being accused for not putting enough resources
>>>> into shoring up its products, the software maker is trying to
>>>> convince outsiders that it has changed.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe they'll even leave it connected long enough for somebody to say
>>>> truthfully that they had a chance to attack it. But I doubt it'll be
>>>> long enough for a group of M$-selected "security professionals"* to do
>>>> any actual damage.
>>>>
>>>> * Let's not forget that there are thousands of "scientists" on each
>>>> side of the global warming debate. So numbers of "experts" alone
>>>> means nothing.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Give it to any student at TMRC or the MIT AI lab or any white hat hacker.
>>>They'll have it to /pieces/ in no time.
>>>
>>>Or give it to my 12yo son; he'll laugh his arse off while he pokes holes
>>>you could drive a *truck* through.
>>
>> How delusional....
>
>
> But still, you have to wonder.
> Windows comes from the company that has always put ease of use over
> security.
Why invite all the world's cracker while you have the following:
Symantec highlights Windows Vista user vulnerabilities
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| Symantec has shed more light on potential vulnerabilities in Windows
| Vista that could circumvent new security measures and leave users
| vulnerable to attack.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/02/symantec_windows_vista_security/
Symantec continues Vista bug hunt
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| After poking around the Windows Vista networking stack, Symantec
| researchers have tried out privilege-escalation attacks on an early
| version of the Windows XP successor.
|
| "We discovered a number of implementation flaws that continued to allow
| a full machine compromise to occur," Matthew Conover, principal
| security researcher at Symantec, wrote in the report titled "Attacks
| against Windows Vista's Security Model." The report was made available
| to Symantec customers last week and is scheduled for public release
| sometime before Vista ships, a Symantec representative said Monday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6097976.html
Symantec Finds Flaws In Vista's Network Stack
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| Researchers with Symantec's advanced threat team poked through
| Vista's new network stack in several recent builds of the
| still-under-construction operating system, and found several bugs
| -- some of which have been fixed, including a few in Monday's
| release -- as well as broader evidence that the rewrite of the
| networking code could easily lead to problems.
|
| [...]
|
| Among Newsham's and Hoagland's conclusions: "The amount of new
| code present in Windows Vista provides many opportunities for
| new defects."
|
| "It's true that some of the things we found were 'low-hanging
| fruit,' and that some are getting fixed in later builds,"
| said Friedrichs. "But that begs the question of what else
| is in there?"
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http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/190700049;jsessionid=MWLALDT21M10GQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN
Symantec Says Windows Vista Will be Less Secure than XP
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| Symantec said earlier last week that there were no viruses for Apple's
| OS X.
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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3389
Symantec sees an Achilles' heel in Vista
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| Some of Microsoft's efforts to make Windows Vista its most stable and
| secure operating system ever could cause instability and new security
| flaws, according to a Symantec report.
|
| [...]
|
| "Microsoft has removed a large body of tried and tested code and
| replaced it with freshly written code, complete with new corner cases
| and defects," the researchers wrote in the report, scheduled for
| publication Tuesday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6095119.html
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