Why Vista missed the trick
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| You may well have come across Microsoft's "Secure by design, secure
| by default and secure in deployment" mantra and are wondering when
| some "trustworthy computing" will be delivered. Well, by now, you may
| even be aware that a new system is out, which might actually deliver
| on some of these promises.
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http://www.securecomputing.net.au/feature/3432,why-vista-missed-the-trick-again.aspx
On security today:
.ANI attacks took swipes at Vista's security
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| At least two exploits were targeted at Vista, trying to circumvent a new
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| security feature designed to thwart malicious software attacks, said
| Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for F-Secure at the
| InfoSecurity Europe in London on Tuesday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070424/tc_infoworld/87962
Yesterday:
Russinovich: Malware will thrive, even with Vista' UAC
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| Despite all the anti-malware roadblocks built into Windows Vista,
| a senior Microsoft official is lowering the security expectations,
| warning that viruses, password-stealing Trojans and rootkits will
| continue to thrive as malware authors adapt to the new operating system.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=175
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