__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Saturday 05 August 2006 00:34 \__
> 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.
> [snip]
>
> So they put a padlock on their cardboard box, didn't tell them about
> the doggie door for the St Barnard, and give them 10 minutes to try and
> figure out the combination to the padlock.
*LOL*
>> --
>> Microsoft is to operating systems and security as McDonalds is to
>> gourmet cooking.
>
> Compared to "Fortress Linux" which has numerous layers of security, and
> auditing to bust your a** if you do try to hack it. Crack that Linux
> server, you go to jail. Do you feel lucky punk?
>
> :D
FWIW, the crackers broke Vista last night! Well ahead of its date of release
(the prematurity being a bad thing for Microsoft, not a positive thing)
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| She demonstrated two potential attack vectors. One could allow unsigned
| code to be loaded into the Vista kernel. The second vector involved
| taking advantage of AMD's Pacific Hardware Virtualization to inject a
| new form of super malware that Rutkowska claimed to be undetectable.
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http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3624861
I will also append the following list that I accumulated for PJ.
Symantec highlights Windows Vista user vulnerabilities
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/02/symantec_windows_vista_security/
Symantec continues Vista bug hunt
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6097976.html
Symantec Finds Flaws In Vista's Network Stack
http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/190700049;jsessionid=MWLALDT21M10GQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN
Symantec Says Windows Vista Will be Less Secure than XP
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3389
Symantec sees an Achilles' heel in Vista
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6095119.html
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