Update: Worm circulating through Skype
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| Dubbed Ramex.a by Skype spokesman Villu Arak -- but pegged Pykspa.d by
| Symantec Corp. -- the worm takes a typical instant messenger (IM) line of
| attack: After hijacking contacts from an infected machine's Skype software,
| it sends messages to those people that include a live link.
|
| [...]
|
| Arak also listed instructions for removing the worm from infected PCs, but
| they included changes to the Windows registry, a chore most users are
| hesitant to try.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9035198
Microsoft patching up holes in Windows
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| The software giant released security patches fixing a flaw in Windows 2000
| that could allow hackers to take over computers running its instant-messaging
| system.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/11/technology/microsoft_security.ap/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
Yup. Another source:
Microsoft resolves four security vulnerabilities
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| The sole critical security update resolved a vulnerability in Windows Agent
| for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
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http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/95842
Yahoo feeds Trojan-laced ads to MySpace and PhotoBucket users
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| The banners contained a Flash file that silently installed a Trojan back door
| on unpatched Windows machines that visited the popular web destinations.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/
Related:
How secure are Linux, Window and Mac OS?
http://www.masuran.org/node/29
2006 Operating System Vulnerability Summary
http://www.omninerd.com/2007/03/26/articles/74
Linux vs. Windows: Which is Most Secure?
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/views/article.php/3665801
Linux Security: A Big Edge Over Windows
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54742.html
The problems with Vista laid bare - What might have been
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38419
Why Windows is less secure than Linux
http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311
Linux more secure than Windows, national survey shows
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
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
Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
|
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
Microsoft cuts Windows virtualization features
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6182852.html
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| "Right now, Microsoft has nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. After all
| the hype surrounding Vista, the Emperor has finally been revealed in all
| his naked glory. Some folks have been predicting the demise of Microsoft. I
| wouldn't go that far, but I am wondering how we?re ever going to take
| Microsoft seriously again?"
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/04/29/vista_end_dream/
A history of Microsoft Windows - the inside story exposed
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| 2004: (...)
| THE MANAGEMENT: "What do you mean it still doesn't work? Try
| harder!"
|
| 2005: (...)
| "MAKE IT WORK! FOR GOD'S SAKE, MAKE IT WORK! Well, throw it away
| and use the server version then, that seems all right. Look, they
| won't know the difference, drop the database stuff, nobody remembers
| what we said in 1995 now! That was ten years ago! "Apple has what?
| 3D acceleration? So, we have DirectX. What, in the desktop? Really?
| What, even Stallman's beardie-weirdies have it? Oh hell. Right, you
| lot, make it look like this!"
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37962
MS Insider: The Office Crew Isn't Smart Enough to Supplant Real Windows
Developers
http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/09/11/ms-insider-the-office-crew-isnt-smart-enough-to-supplant-real-windows-developers/
http://tinyurl.com/35eqrt
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