Expert warns of Windows single sign-on danger
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| A mechanism used to support single sign-on in Windows-based systems could be
| used by hackers to cause damage across company systems, a UK security expert
| has warned.
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| Jennings found that the use of a token could be a problem if a PC is
| compromised, as an attacker could use it to log into other machines and
| applications. This is particularly significant if the user is a system
| administrator with a high level of access to many systems.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/27/225836/expert-warns-of-windows-single-sign-on-danger.htm
Botnet chaining. Wonderful!
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
Hackers steal government, corporate data
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| A piece of software, NTOS.exe, probes the PC for confidential data, then
| sends it to a Web site hosted on Yahoo. That site's owner is likely unaware
| that it is being used by hackers, Morris said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6197157.html
Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer
Why Windows is a security nightmare.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120110704.html
The Structural Failures of Windows
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=15305
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