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[News] [Rival] Microsoft's Windows Inherently Vulnerable (All Versions)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft's Windows Inherently Vulnerable (All Versions)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:19:02 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Windows plagued by 17-year-old privilege escalation bug

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| A security researcher at Google is 
| recommending computer users make several 
| configuration changes to protect themselves 
| against a previously unknown vulnerability 
| that allows untrusted users to take complete 
| control of systems running most versions of 
| Microsoft Windows.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/19/microsoft_escalation_bug/

Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/20/1359237/Newly-Found-Windows-Bug-Affects-All-Versions-Since-NT


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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