[Some sources were simply wrong]
New Fronts in Microsoft Security Battle
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| "Patch Tuesday," when Microsoft Corp. releases repairs for problems in its
| software, came and went this week with six critical fixes -- including the
| first one that touches Vista, the new operating system billed as the most
| secure Windows version yet.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070214/microsoft_security.html?.v=2
Related:
New Windows Vista hacked already
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| This fulfills predictions made in early 2006 by antivirus firm
| Symantec (maker of Norton AntiVirus) that, because of Microsoft's
| failure to provide ways for antivirus programmers to fully
| integrate their products with Vista, many antivirus programs would
| have a hard time protecting Vista users. I guess that includes
| Microsoft, as well.
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| Russian hackers posted instructions to an underground forum
| describing how to implement "privilege escalation," which could
| bypass some Vista security measures.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft also recently acknowledged that Vista?s built-in speech
| recognition software could be exploited by bad guys to delete
| files and even shut the computer down...
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http://www.normantranscript.com/cnhi/thenormantranscript/commerce/local_story_040004515
http://tinyurl.com/ytg2l3
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