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Windows 7 and Mac OS X 'Badly Designed from a Security Standpoint'
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| One security researcher turned operating-
| system developer is claiming that Windows 7
| and Mac OS X are insecure by design, while
| proposing her own platform as a model for
| the bulletproof desktop OS. While swapping
| rootkit research for the Qubes project,
| Joanna Rutkowska, founder and CEO of
| Invisible Things Lab, announced some
| changes to the company she founded, namely
| the shift in focus away from security
| research and onto designing systems that
| were immune to rootkit by design. Taking a
| swing at both Windows 7 and Mac OS X,
| Rutkowska indicates that it makes no sense
| to continue hacking the two operating
| systems.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-and-Mac-OS-X-Badly-Designed-from-a-Security-Standpoint-141093.shtml
When Windows Caught the LoveBug
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| It would be the definition of an
| understatement to say the security
| landscape of a decade ago differed from
| today. In the year 2000, spam accounted for
| just 1 in 120 e-mails. Rustock did not
| exist, and Conficker was not even a figment
| of our collective imaginations.
|
| And then came the LoveBug. From the moment
| it appeared May 4, 2000, the worm tore down
| the defenses of Windows computers,
| eventually infecting millions of Microsoft
| customers worldwide and causing the
| Pentagon, CIA and British parliament to
| shut down their mail systems to contain the
| damage.
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http://securitywatch.eweek.com/virus_and_spyware/when_windows_caught_the_lovebug.html
Recent:
Microsoft to Patch Unhackable Windows 7 Bug
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| Later today, Microsoft will play it safe by
| patching a Windows 7 bug that it says can't
| be exploited.
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| Of the 11 security bulletins that will be
| released in a few hours, "Bulletin 7" will
| address one or more vulnerabilities in
| Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server
| 2003.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/194102/microsoft_patch_windows_7.html?tk=rss_news
Intel hits migration delays with Windows 7
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| Intel faces challenges in migrating from
| Windows XP to Windows 7, including
| application incompatibility and system
| readiness, the company said.
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| Intel worked with Microsoft to develop
| Windows 7 into a stable operating system, but
| there is still a lot of heavy lifting
| involved before migrating PCs to the new OS
| inside Intel's environment, wrote Intel staff
| engineer Roy Ubry in a blog entry. Challenges
| include issues related to backward
| application compatibility, web browser
| support, 64-bit computing and privacy
| controls.
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http://news.techworld.com/operating-systems/3213679/intel-hits-migration-delays-with-windows-7/
Intel: Just 3,000 employees run Windows 7
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| Despite the firm's rapid turnaround of PCs and its very public
| partnership with Microsoft, Bryant said that so far it had
| shifted just 3,000 of its 80,000 plus employees onto Windows 7.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/03/bryant_cebit_speech/
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