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| Time: 16:10 EST/21:10 GMT | News Source: PC World | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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The CERT Coordination Center--an organization that provides Internet security expertise--has received reports of widespread attacks using a recently disclosed security vulnerability and a previously unknown security hole in Microsoft's Windows operating system, the center said Thursday in an advisory. The known vulnerability is in a Windows interface that handles communications using the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) protocol. That problem affects most supported versions of the Windows operating system and could enable remote attackers to gain total control over vulnerable systems. Microsoft disclosed the problem and provided a patch for vulnerable systems in a security bulletin July 16 after it was discovered and reported to the company by a Polish security group, Last Stage of Delirium. | ||
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| #1 By 20 (67.9.179.51) at 8/1/2003 4:18:21 PM |
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Wait, is it new flaws, or new exploits?
A flaw and an exploit of that flaw are two different things. I think they mean new exploits, old flaw. When is the media going to start harping on the legions of people who are not patching their boxes and are doing moronic things like putting boxes directly on the Internet? Why are incompetent people Microsoft's fault? Every security-sensitive software will have security flaws. That's a Law of Human Nature (everything Man creates is flawed in some way or another). Why not concentrate on the people who are not taking measures to mitigate the danger of those flaws? |
| #2 By 2332 (216.41.45.78) at 8/1/2003 4:28:15 PM |
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Click the little blue globe in your sytem tray!
FOR THE LOVE OF TRENT CLICK THE GLOBE. |
| #3 By 10022 (24.169.192.8) at 8/1/2003 7:25:48 PM |
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well, daz, that would just make too much sense. that is why it cannot be done.
you would think that it would be simple to tell them to click the gosh D**M F#@K!NG GLOBE, then click Next (you cant just leave a screen full of instructions and not explicitly tell them to click Next) and doesnt xp even pop up and tell you what it is - wouldnt know because I have all unneeded things turned off. really, MS needs to take it one step farther and just auto update with out even telling these idiots anything. Unpatched machines should not be allowed to exist when there is a way to prevent the majority of it. And if you are smart enough to open a control pannel, then you can adjust the settings any way you want. |
| #4 By 20 (67.9.179.51) at 8/3/2003 12:59:21 AM |
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#3: Yes, patches are flawed sometimes too.
But, of course, not for Linux. Every patch for Linux is fully regression tested by each vendor/distributor and distributed to beta testers for 24-48 hours before release, just like MS does, right? |
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