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Bugs and Fixes: File-Sharing Vulnerability Hits Vista
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| Windows Vista users (and IT folks taking care of Server
| 2008 computers) should watch out for a new security hole
| involving Windows file sharing. A remote attacker could
| assume full control of a vulnerable computer by exploiting
| a flaw in the SMB protocol for Windows file and printer
| sharing. Most home users should already have a firewall in
| place that blocks attempts to reach the ports that SMB uses
| (139 and 445). Microsoft may have a patch available by the
| time you read this, but as of this writing no fix was yet
| available. For more details, see Microsoft's security
| advisory.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/172507/bugs_and_fixes_filesharing_vulnerability_hits_vista.html
Microsoft posts quick "Fix it" links for SMB2 flaw in Vista
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| Microsoft has released an automated tool to disable its
| Server Message Block 2 (SMB2) protocol in Windows Vista and
| Windows Server 2008. SMB2 has a flaw that Microsoft is
| preparing to patch in the coming weeks.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-posts-quick-fix-it-links-for-smb2-flaw-in-vista.ars
Microsoft rushes out quick fix for SMB flaw
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2249781/microsoft-rushes-quick-fix-smb
Recent:
Vista vulnerabilities March on
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| March's Patch Tuesday will see yet another critical fix for Microsoft's
| flagship operating systems.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23658/53/
Is Microsoft about to backtrack on âVista for allâ
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| Forcing companies to buy âpre-downgradedâ PCs is a nonsense. And it doesnât
| take account of consumers, particularly those who buy low-priced machines
| that arenât capable of running Vista with the new aero interface (which has,
| all along, been one of the main hooks for consumers to switch to the
| software.)
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| Another source hints that there may well be a stay of execution for XP before
| the month is out, though one that is very limited in nature.
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http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2008/06/is-microsoft-about-to-backtrack-on-vista-for-all/
Is Vista Still a Flop With IT?
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| "A year of overwhelmingly bad publicity, coupled with opportunities for
| continued XP 'downgrades' or potentially skipping over Vista for Windows 7,
| look to have meaningfully eroded support for Vista and are likely to impair
| the product's overall adoption," the Seattle Post-Intelligencer quoted the
| report as stating.
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http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3754511/Is+Vista+Still+a+Flop+With+IT.htm
Critical vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services patched
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| Microsoft Security issued a patch today for a critical vulnerability
| affecting all supported editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista,
| Microsoft Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29264
Microsoft Reissues Critical Security Fix for Bluetooth Stack in Windows XP
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| The failure in the original fix may be related to âtwo separate human
| issues,â said Budd.
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http://opensourcepbx.tmcnet.com/topics/applications/articles/31985-microsoft-reissues-critical-security-fix-bluetooth-stack-windows.htm
Bumper bundle of Windows updates includes Vista patches
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| June's Patch Tuesday has brought a substantial crop of updates for Windows,
| including three critical patches for Vista =and other versions, calling into
| question Microsoft's "secure by design" claim for its latest operating
| system.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18698/1054/
Nevis Labs Identifies Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Live OneCare
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| Nevis Networks, a market leader in secure switching and identity-based policy
| enforcement appliances, today announced that Nevis Labs has identified
| vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Live OneCare.
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080514006196&newsLang=en
With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
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| The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on
| the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that
| remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer
| hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032908-with-vista-breached-linux-unbeaten.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Most Retailer Breaches Are Not Disclosed, Gartner Says
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| While nearly half of U.S. retailers have been hit with some kind of
| information security attack, only a small percentage of them have actually
| reported breaches to their customers, research company Gartner reports.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146278/most_retailer_breaches_are_not_disclosed_gartner_says.html
Students crack Microsoft CardSpace
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| Students at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany, say they have found a way
| to steal security tokens in Microsoft's new CardSpace authentication
| framework. Attackers can apparently get access to protected, encrypted user
| data â such as passwords, credit card numbers, and delivery addresses â when
| they are transmitted.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/108731/from/rss09
Vista Called as Vulnerable as Predecessors
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| It looks as if Vista's reputation for improved security could be heading for
| the pages of history. PC Tools has renewed last week's attack on the platform
| with new figures that appear to back up its claim that Vista is almost as
| vulnerable as its predecessors.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146281/vista_called_as_vulnerable_as_predecessors.html
Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey
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| "[Vista]has been hailed by Microsoft as the most secure version of Windows to
| date. However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4
| million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows
| Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight year old Windows 2000
| operating system, and only 37 per cent more secure than Windows XP," said
| Simon Clausen, chief exec at PC Tools.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/win_malware_survey/
Vista as Insecure as Windows 2000
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145681/vista_as_insecure_as_windows_2000.html
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