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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Fixes 15 (!!) Flaws, New Exploits Unleashed Already

Microsoft fixes 15 flaws with six patches; four considered critical

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| Two of the patches affect Windows Vista, with one Critical patch 
| specific to Internet Explorer. 
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9728649-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Schannel zero-day exploit released

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| Only hours after Microsoft released a patch for the Windows Schannel 
| Security Package, the researcher who discovered the vulnerability, Thomas 
| Lim of COSEINC, released a public exploit for it. 
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9728711-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

YouTube Trojan horse rides in on Web TV show's fame

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| This YouTube Trojan steals personal information from a compromised PC 
| and then broadcasts it to an undisclosed location.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9728779-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Vista is still a victim, just months after release and endless promises.


Related:

How secure are Linux, Window and Mac OS?

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| Overall it looks like the Linux kernel turns out to be the most
| secure system. Not only does it have virtually no security holes
| that lead to system access, it's also very resilient to remote
| attacks, two areas where both Windows and Mac OS X aren't doing
| very well.
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http://www.masuran.org/node/29


Linux hacks rare as hens' teeth, says survey

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| Adding more fuel to the Linux versus Windows fire, a US research firm
| this week released a survey that noted only eight percent of Linux 
| developers had ever seen a virus infect their systems. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| A similar survey by Evans last year found that nearly 60 percent of
| non-Linux developers admitted they'd been victimised by security 
| breaches, and 32 percent had been hit three or more times.
|
| Does that mean Linux is a more secure OS? Nicholas Petreley, Evans Data's 
| Linux analyst, certainly thinks so.
|
| "It's not surprising that Linux systems aren't hacked to the degree that 
| Windows-based machines can be exploited," he said in a statement. "The 
| reasons for the greater inherent security of the Linux OS are simple, more 
| eyes on the code mean that less slips by and the OS is naturally going to 
| be better secured." 
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http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=15911


2006 Operating System Vulnerability Summary

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| As far as "straight-out-of-box" conditions go, both Microsoft's
| Windows and Apple's OS X are ripe with remotely accessible
| vulnerabilities.
| 
| [...]
| 
| The UNIX and Linux variants present a much more robust
| exterior to the outside. Even when the pre-configured server
| binaries are enabled, each system generally maintained its
| integrity against remote attacks.
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http://www.omninerd.com/2007/03/26/articles/74


Linux vs. Windows: Which is Most Secure?

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| True to UNIX.
| Qualitative score: Windows gets a D+ while Linux gets an A-.
| "Bummer of a birthmark"
| Qualitative score: Windows gets an F while Linux gets an A.
| User data confidentiality.
| Qualitative score: Windows gets a B- while Linux gets a B+.
| Patch practices
| Qualitative score: Windows gets an A- while Linux gets a B+.
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http://www.esecurityplanet.com/views/article.php/3665801


Linux Security: A Big Edge Over Windows

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| Linux is better at locking down a computer than Windows. The Linux OS
| uses configuration settings and user permissions to a much more
| efficient degree than the Windows administrator account. To do
| this, non-enterprise users should seek help from third-party
| security suites that serve as configuration managers, James
| Bottomley, chief technology officer of SteelEye Technology said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54742.html


Security Report: Windows vs Linux

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| Finally, we also include a brief overview of relevant conceptual
| differences between Windows and Linux, to offer an insight into why
| Windows tends to be more vulnerable to attacks at both server and desktop,
| and why Linux is inherently more secure
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/


Despite Vulnerabilities, Apple's Mac OS X Weathers The Security Storm

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| I still think the Mac is safer than Windows. It has a reduced
| threat environment. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| Marius van Oers, a virus research engineer at McAfee, posted a blog last
| week that showed there are more than 236,000 pieces of malware "in the 
| wild." The vast majority are aimed at the Windows environment. Only about 
| 700 are meant for the various Unix/Linux distributions, van Oers wrote. How
| many are for the Mac OS X platform? Seven or less, he said, calling
| the threat "pretty much non-existent at the moment."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070331/tc_cmp/198701479;_ylt=A9G_RwQ7URBGdGkAoQAjtBAF


The problems with Vista laid bare - What might have been

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| ...the trick that XP misses is that you must compel all ordinary
| users to have restricted, non-admin accounts. You make it impossible
| - or at least really hard - for normal accounts to have super-user
| powers. Ordinary users can see their own files, but not each other's 
| or the protected ones of the OS itself, and they can't touch anything
| that might cause problems.
| 
| [...]
| 
| It's never going to happen now - it's too late for Vista, and after
| this, there will probably never be such a big change in Windows again,
| until it's replaced with something new.
| 
| But here's a fun thought. What if Microsoft were held legally
| responsible for all those vulnerable, insecure Windows
| installations out there? 
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38419


Why Windows is less secure than Linux

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| Windows is inherently harder to secure than Linux. There I said
| it. The simple truth.
| 
| Many millions of words have been written and said on this topic.
| I have a couple of pictures.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311


Linux more secure than Windows, national survey shows

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| In its first annual Security Issues Survey for the debut of the Software 
| Security Summit conference in La Jolla, California, BZ Research polled 
| 6,344 software development managers about the security of different popular 
| enterprise operating environments and Linux and open source consistently 
| topped Microsoft Windows, according to respondents.
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http://www.xomba.com/linux_more_secure_than_windows_national_survey_shows


Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer


If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP

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| You can think of Windows XP as a house with a second floor built of
| spackle, wood filler and duct tape.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology


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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