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Windows 'back door' security alert
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| Cryptographers are sounding the alarm on a major security issue involving
| Microsoft Windows that could eclipse its Hotmail public relations disaster.
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| The findings of a computer security expert that America's National Security
| Agency (NSA) may have been given a back door into every copy of Windows 95,
| 98, NT4 and 2000 worldwide are being debated across the Internet.
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| Microsoft has issued a strong denial of allegations of misuse of a second
| encryption "key" in Windows.
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| "These are just used to ensure that we're compliant with US export
| regulations," said Scott Culp, Microsoft's security manager for its Windows
| NT Server software.
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| "We have not shared the private keys. We do not share our keys."
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| But cryptographers in the UK described the implications of the findings
| as "immense". Windows is installed on more than 90% of the world's computers.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/tech/437967.stm
They were right. Microsoft recently confirmed this yet again with Partner
Group. And nowadays, thanks to those back doors, about half of all machines
are zombies, _despite_ having firewalls and 'security' soft-aware.
Recent:
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
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