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MSFT's analysis of security
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| If we are to look at any software product's development methodology
| (open source or closed source), every study (see David Wheeler's page),
| shows that by being open, you are assured that if there are
| vulnerabilities and defects, IT WILL BE FOUND AND FIXED. Earlier last
| month, an eight-year-old vulnerability in the Linux kernel was
| discovered and fixed. Try that for ANY MSFT product. I am not
| begrudging their business model. What I am begrudging is the smooth
| "lies" that they constantly put out - including the cleverly crafted
| report referenced above.
|
| Nevermind the past. Let's move forward and look at what is looming on
| the horizon. Vista will be dead soon when MSFT releases their Windows 7
| sometime this year. And how do they intend to bring it to the market?
| How about with blatant lies? I did pose the question earlier today and
| hoping that someone from MSFT will respond. It is HIGHLY unlikely
| anyone will (right @osrin and @tonynewling?). Now I read that the same
| lies are done with Mac as well.
|
| Why can't MSFT do an honest job in selling their product? Why do they
| have to resort to outright lies and misrepresentations? The whole MSFT
| business is an intellectual vacuum and morally corrupt.
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http://harishpillay.livejournal.com/164494.html
Ancient flaw hits Vista
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| SOFTWARE ALCHEMIST Microsoft has admitted that its Vista operating
| systems is shipping with a bug that was first discovered in Windows
| machines in 1999.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1532862/ancient-flaw-hits-vista
Windows 7 zero-day reported
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| A security researcher has said there is a zero-day vulnerability
| affecting Windows 7 and Vista.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-340020.html?tag=nl.e589
Microsoft, Cisco issue patches for newfangled DoS exploit
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| On Tuesday, Microsoft responded with MS09-048, a security advisory that
| fixes a variety of networking vulnerabilities in Windows operating
| systems, including those discovered by Louis and Lee. The update
| implements a new feature called memory pressure protection, which
| automatically drops existing TCP connections and SYN requests when
| attacks are detected.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/09/microsoft_cisco_patch_tcp_vuln/
Related:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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